German submarine U-3524 was a Type XXI U-boat of Nazi Germany's Kriegsmarine during World War II.

The Elektroboote submarine was laid down on 8 October 1944 at the Schichau-Werke yard at Danzig, launched on 14 December 1944, and commissioned on 26 January 1945 under the command of Korvettenkapitän Hans-Ludwig Witt.

[1] U-3524 was a brand new, high technology electric boat which could run constantly submerged rather than having to surface to recharge her batteries every day the way submarines until that point had had to do.

The exception to this were the new Type XXI boats, which continued to train in the Baltic Sea.

[3] The submarine was powered by two MAN SE supercharged six-cylinder M6V40/46KBB diesel engines each providing 4,000 metric horsepower (2,900 kilowatts; 3,900 shaft horsepower), two Siemens-Schuckert GU365/30 double-acting electric motors each providing 5,000 PS (3,700 kW; 4,900 shp), and two Siemens-Schuckert silent running GV232/28 electric motors each providing 226 PS (166 kW; 223 shp).