German submarine U-779 was a Type VIIC U-boat of Nazi Germany's Kriegsmarine during World War II. She was ordered on 20 January 1941, and was laid down on 21 July 1943, at Kriegsmarinewerft, Wilhelmshaven, as yard number 162. She was launched on 17 June 1944, and commissioned under the command of Oberleutnant zur See Johann Stegmann on 24 August 1944.