Several U-boats escaped Operation Deadlight. Some were claimed as prizes by Britain, France, Norway, and the Soviet Union. Four were in East Asia when Germany surrendered and were commandeered by Japan (U-181 was renamed I-501, U-195 – I-506, U-219 – I-505, U-862 – I-502, and a fifth boat, U-511, had been sold to Japan in 1943 and renamed RO-500).[4] Two U-boats that survived Operation Deadlight are today museum ships.