German torpedo boat T35

The Type 39 torpedo boat was conceived as a general-purpose design, much larger than preceding German torpedo boats.Whitley 1991, p. 52 The boats had an overall length of {{convert|102.5|m|ftin|sp=us}} and were {{convert|97|m|ftin|sp=us}} long at the waterline. They had a beam of {{convert|10|m|ftin|sp=us}}, a draft of {{convert|3.22|m|ftin|sp=us}} at deep load and displaced {{convert|1294|MT|LT|lk=on}} at standard load and {{convert|1754|MT|LT}} at deep load.Gröner, p. 195 Their crew numbered 206 officers and sailors.Sieche, p. 239 The Type 39s were fitted with a pair of geared steam turbine sets, each driving one shaft, using steam from four high-pressure water-tube boilers. The turbines were designed to produce {{convert|32000|shp|lk=on}} which was intended give the ships a maximum speed of {{convert|33.5|kn|lk=in}}. They carried enough fuel oil to give them a range of {{convert|2400|nmi|lk=in}} at {{convert|19|kn}}.Whitley 1991, pp. 54, 203

At war's end T-35 mounted four 10.5 cm SK C/32 naval gun guns in single mounts protected by gun shields; one forward of the superstructure, one between the funnels, and two aft, one superfiring over the other. Anti-aircraft defense was provided by four {{cvt|3.7|cm|in}} AA guns of unknown types in two twin-gun mounts on platforms abaft the rear funnel and two shielded single-gun mounts on the bridge wings, together with eight 2 cm FlaK 30/38/Flakvierling guns. One quadruple mount was positioned on the aft superstructure and two twin-gun mounts were fitted on platforms in front of the bridge. The torpedo boat carried six above-water {{cvt|533|mm|in|0}} torpedo tubes in two triple mounts amidships and could also carry 30 mines; the full complement of 60 mines made the ships top-heavy which could be dangerous in bad weather. For anti-submarine work she was fitted with a S-Gerät sonar and four depth charge launchers. By the end of the war, T-35 was equipped with a FuMO 21 radar{{refn|{{lang|de|Funkmess-Ortung}} (Radio-direction finder, active ranging)|group=Note}} on the foremast, a FuMO 63 K Hohentwiel radar on the searchlight platform and various FumB{{refn|{{lang|de|Funkmess-Beobachtung}} (Passive radar detector).|group=Note}} radar detectors.Friedman, p. 205; Whitley 1991, pp. 52–55; Whitley 2000, p. 73

T35 was ordered on 20 January 1941 from Schichau, laid down at their Elbing, East Prussia, shipyard on 20 April 1943 as yard number 1517, launched on 12 December 1943 and commissioned on 7 October 1944. After working up for the next several months, the boat was one of the escorts for the heavy cruiser {{ship|German cruiser|Prinz Eugen||2}} as the latter ship supported a German counterattack against advancing Soviet forces near Cranz, East Prussia, on 29–30 January 1945. On 5 May, T35 helped to ferry 45,000 refugees from East Prussia to Copenhagen, Denmark, and returned to transport 20,000 more to Glücksburg, Germany, on the 9th. The boat was allocated to the United States when the Allies divided the surviving ships of the Kriegsmarine amongst themselves in late 1945. T35 was taken to the United States for testing and renamed DD-935. She was towed to France in 1947 where she was cannibalized for spare parts. The ship was stricken from the Navy List on 3 October 1952 and subsequently scrapped.Rohwer, pp. 387, 414; Whitley 1991, pp. 188–189, 191, 199, 213

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