German torpedo boat T32

Sister ship T35 in US service, August 1945
History
Nazi Germany
Name	T32
Ordered	20 January 1941
Builder	Schichau, Elbing, East Prussia
Yard number	1514
Laid down	28 October 1942
Launched	17 April 1943
Completed	8 May 1944
Fate	Sunk by aircraft, 18 August 1944
General characteristics (as built)
Class and type	Type 39 torpedo boat
Displacement	1,294 t (1,274 long tons) (standard) 1,754 t (1,726 long tons) (deep load)
Length	102.5 m (336 ft 3 in) o/a
Beam	10 m (32 ft 10 in)
Draft	3.22 m (10 ft 7 in)
Installed power	4 × water-tube boilers 32,000 shp (24,000 kW)
Propulsion	2 × shafts 2 × geared steam turbine sets
Speed	33.5 knots (62.0 km/h; 38.6 mph)
Range	2,400 nmi (4,400 km; 2,800 mi) at 19 knots (35 km/h; 22 mph)
Complement	206
Sensors and processing systems	S-Gerät sonar FuMO 21 radar
Armament	4 × single 10.5 cm (4.1 in) guns 2 × twin 3.7 cm (1.5 in) AA guns 3 × quadruple 2 cm (0.8 in) AA guns 2 × triple 533 mm (21 in) torpedo tubes 30–60 mines 4 × depth charge launchers

The German torpedo boat T32 was one of fifteen Type 39 torpedo boats built for the Kriegsmarine (German Navy) during World War II. Completed in mid-1944, the boat was assigned to convoy escort duties and supporting German forces in the Baltic. On 18 August 1944, a navigational error led her to enter a German minefield as she was preparing to lay another minefield in the Gulf of Finland off the Estonian coast. T32 struck two mines that crippled her. She was sunk by Soviet aircraft with the loss of 137 crewmen later that morning.