Editing MV Wilhelm Gustloff (section)

==Military career==
[[File:Bundesarchiv Bild 183-L12208, Lazarettschiff "Wilhelm Gustloff".jpg|thumb|German soldiers wounded [[Battles of Narvik|at Narvik]] being transported to Germany on ''Wilhelm Gustloff'' in July 1940.]]

From September 1939 to November 1940, ''Wilhelm Gustloff'' served as a [[hospital ship]], officially designated '''''Lazarettschiff'' D'''. 

On 20 November 1940, medical equipment was removed from the ship, and she was repainted from the hospital ship colors of white with a green stripe to standard naval grey.<ref>{{cite web |title=2nd U-Boat Training Division |url=http://www.wilhelmgustloffmuseum.com/2_uld_accomodation_ship.html |website=wilhelmgustloffmuseum.com |access-date=12 November 2019}}</ref>
As a consequence of the [[Allied Powers of World War II|Allied]] blockade of the German coastline, she was used as a [[barracks ship]] for approximately 1,000 [[U-boat]] trainees of the 2nd Submarine Training Division (2. ''Unterseeboot-Lehrdivision'') in the port of [[Gdynia]], which had been occupied by Germany and renamed ''Gotenhafen'', located near Danzig ([[Gdańsk]]). ''Wilhelm Gustloff'' sat in dock there for over four years. 

In 1942, {{SS|Cap Arcona|1927|6}} was used as a stand-in for {{RMS|Titanic||6}} in the German [[Titanic (1943 film)|film version of the disaster]]. Filmed in Gotenhafen, the 2nd Submarine Training Division acted as extras in the movie. ''Wilhelm Gustloff'' continued to serve as a barracks until 1945, when she was hastily repurposed for [[Operation Hannibal]].