German submarine U-530

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German submarine U-530 was a Type IXC/40 U-boat of Nazi Germany's Kriegsmarine during World War II. She was laid down at the Deutsche Werft in Hamburg on 8 December 1941 as yard number 345, launched on 28 July 1942 and commissioned on 14 October 1942 with Kapitänleutnant Kurt Lange in command, who led her in six patrols. Lange was replaced in January 1945 by Oberleutnant zur See Otto Wermuth, who led her to surrender in Mar del Plata, Argentina, on 10 July 1945, two months after the end of WWII in Europe. The submarine's voyage to Argentina led to various legends, apocryphal stories and conspiracy theories. These allege that it and/or U-977, which surrendered on 17 August 1945, might have sunk the Brazilian cruiser Bahia, transported escaping Nazi leaders (such as Adolf Hitler, somehow alive) and/or Nazi gold to South America, and/or voyaged to Antarctica. The U-boat and its crew were transported to the United States, where the former was sunk as a target with a torpedo on 28 November 1947.

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