German submarine U-579

German submarine U-579 was a Type VIIC U-boat of the Nazi German Kriegsmarine during World War II.

She carried out no patrols and sank no ships.

She was sunk in the Kattegat by a British aircraft, in May 1945.

Service history
The submarine was laid down on 31 August 1940 at Blohm & Voss, Hamburg as 'werk' 555, launched on 28 May 1941 and commissioned on 17 July under the command of Kapitänleutnant Dietrich Lohmann.

She served with the 5th U-boat Flotilla from 17 July 1941, the 24th flotilla from 27 May 1942, the 23rd flotilla from 1 September 1943 and the 4th flotilla from 1 March 1945, all for training.

Operational career
The boat had been sunk in the Baltic Sea in October 1941. She was raised and returned to service in April 1942.

Fate
U-579 was sunk in the Kattegat east of Aarhus in Denmark on 5 May 1945 by depth charges from a British B-24 Liberator of No. 547 Squadron RAF.

Twenty-four men died with U-579; the number of survivors is not known.