Gerhard Seehausen

Kapitänleutnant (Crew 37a)


Successes
4 ships sunk for a total of 19,754 GRT

Born  29 Jul 1917 Borstel, Nienburg
Died  6 May 1944(26)Cape Verde Islands

No picture of
Gerhard Seehausen
available now.


If you can get us one that would be great. If you can help with any information on this man please contact us at gummi@uboat.net.

Ranks

3 Apr 1937Offiziersanwärter
1 May 1938Fähnrich zur See
1 Jul 1939Oberfähnrich zur See
1 Aug 1939Leutnant zur See
1 Sep 1941Oberleutnant zur See
1 Jun 1944Kapitänleutnant (posthumous)

Decorations

20 May 1944German Cross in Gold (posthumous)

U-boat Commands

U-boatFromTo
U-68 Jul, 1943 29 Jul 1943   No war patrols 
U-66 2 Sep 1943 6 May 1944  (+)  1 patrol (112 days) 

Patrol info for Gerhard Seehausen


 U-boat Departure Arrival  
1. U-66 16 Jan 1944  Lorient  6 May 1944  Sunk  Patrol 1,112 days

Ships hit by Gerhard Seehausen

Date U-boat Name of ship Tons Nat. Convoy
26 Feb 1944U-66 Silvermaple5,313brSTL-12
1 Mar 1944U-66 Saint Louis5,202fr
5 Mar 1944U-66 John Holt4,964br
21 Mar 1944U-66 Matadian4,275br
 19,754

4 ships sunk (19,754 tons).

Legend
We have a picture of this vessel.


About ranks and decorations
Ranks shown in italics are our database inserts based on the rank dates of his crew comrades. The officers of each crew would normally have progressed through the lower ranks at the same rate.

Listing of all U-boat commanders