German submarine U-2544 was a Type XXI U-boat (one of the "Elektroboote") of Nazi Germany's Kriegsmarine, built for service in World War II. She was ordered on 6 November 1943, and was laid down on 15 November 1944 at the Blohm & Voss yard at Hamburg, as yard number 2544. She was launched on 9 February 1945, and commissioned under the command of Oberleutnant zur See Rudolf Meinlschmidt on 10 March 1945.