Horst Deckert
Kapitänleutnant (Crew 37a)
| Successes 2 ships sunk for a total of 8,774 GRT 1 warship sunk for a total of 255 tons (lost aboard transport ships) 3 ships damaged for a total of 22,928 GRT |
| Born | 11 Oct 1918 | Hannover |
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U-boat Commands
| U-boat | From | To | |
| U-8 | 1 Aug 1941 | 16 May 1942 | No war patrols |
| U-73 | 1 Oct 1942 | 16 Dec 1943 | 7 patrols (149 days) |
Patrol info for Horst Deckert
| U-boat | Departure | Arrival | ||||||
| 1. | U-73 | 20 Oct 1942 | La Spezia | 19 Nov 1942 | La Spezia | Patrol 1, | 31 days | |
| 2. | U-73 | 1 Dec 1942 | La Spezia | 8 Dec 1942 | La Spezia | Patrol 2, | 8 days | |
| 3. | U-73 | 22 Dec 1942 | La Spezia | 13 Jan 1943 | La Spezia | Patrol 3, | 23 days | |
| 4. | U-73 | 12 Jun 1943 | La Spezia | 1 Jul 1943 | Toulon | Patrol 4, | 20 days | |
| 5. | U-73 | 2 Aug 1943 | Toulon | 29 Aug 1943 | Toulon | Patrol 5, | 28 days | |
| 6. | U-73 | 5 Oct 1943 | Toulon | 30 Oct 1943 | Toulon | Patrol 6, | 26 days | |
| 7. | U-73 | 4 Dec 1943 | Toulon | 16 Dec 1943 | Sunk | Patrol 7, | 13 days | |
| 7 patrols, 149 days at sea | ||||||||
Ships hit by Horst Deckert
| Date | U-boat | Name of ship | Tons | Nat. | Convoy | ||
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| 14 Nov 1942 | U-73 |  | Lalande (d.) | 7,453 |  | br | Torch |
| 1 Jan 1943 | U-73 | Arthur Middleton | 7,176 |  | am | UGS-3 | |
| 1 Jan 1943 | U-73 | USS LCT-21 [Trans.] | 255 | | am | UGS-3 | |
| 21 Jun 1943 | U-73 | | Brinkburn | 1,598 | | br | TE-22 |
| 27 Jun 1943 | U-73 | | Abbeydale (d.) | 8,299 | | br | XTG-2 |
| 16 Dec 1943 | U-73 | John S. Copley (d.) | 7,176 | | am | GUS-24 | |
| 31,957 | |||||||
3 ships sunk (9,029 tons) and 3 ships damaged (22,928 tons). Legend | |||||||
About ranks and decorations
Special thanks to Fernando Almeida for data on ranks and decorations.