German submarine U-88 was a Type VIIC U-boat of the Nazi German Kriegsmarine during World War II. She was laid down at the Flender Werke in Lübeck as 'werk' 292, launched on 16 August 1941 and commissioned on 15 October with Kapitänleutnant Heino Bohmann in command. She was a fairly successful boat, succeeding in sinking over 12,000 tons of Allied shipping in a career lasting just one year over three patrols. She was a member of three wolfpacks.