 U @-@ 38 conducted eleven patrols , as part of several flotillas . During her career , she sank over 30 enemy vessels and damaged a further one . U @-@ 38 ranks as one of the most successful U @-@ boats in World War II . She was scuttled west of Wesermünde ( modern Bremerhaven ) on 5 May 1945 . Throughout the war , the U @-@ Boat suffered no losses among her crew . 
