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The Men - The Commander listing

Kurt Baberg

Kapitänleutnant (Crew 36)

Successes
3 ships sunk for a total of 15.788 GRT

Born	23 Feb, 1917	Duisburg-Ruhrort
Died	31 Mar, 2003

Ranks

3 Apr, 1936	Offiziersanwärter
1 May, 1937	Fähnrich zur See
1 Jul, 1938	Oberfähnrich zur See
1 Oct, 1938	Leutnant zur See
1 Oct, 1940	Oberleutnant zur See
1 Sep, 1943	Kapitänleutnant

Decorations

1940	Iron Cross 2nd Class
Feb 1942	U-boat War Badge 1939
1943	Iron Cross 1st Class
14 Jan, 1944	German Cross in Gold

U-boat Commands

U-30	23 Apr, 1941	-	9 Mar, 1942	No war patrols
U-618	16 Apr, 1942	-	15 Apr, 1944	6 patrols (380 days)
U-827	26 Apr, 1945	-	5 May, 1945	No war patrols

Patrol info

	U-boat	Departure		Arrival
1.	U-618	1 Sep, 1942	Kiel	28 Oct, 1942	St. Nazaire	Patrol	58 days
2.	U-618	25 Nov, 1942	St. Nazaire	18 Jan, 1943	St. Nazaire	Patrol	55 days
3.	U-618	21 Feb, 1943	St. Nazaire	7 May, 1943	St. Nazaire	Patrol	76 days
4.	U-618	8 Jun, 1943	St. Nazaire	5 Sep, 1943	St. Nazaire	Patrol	90 days
5.	U-618	11 Nov, 1943	St. Nazaire	4 Jan, 1944	Lorient	Patrol	55 days
6.	U-618	23 Feb, 1944	Lorient	8 Apr, 1944	St. Nazaire	Patrol	46 days

Ships hit by Kurt Baberg

Date	Boat	Name of ship	Tons	Nat.		Convoy	Fate *
14 Oct, 1942	U-618	Empire Mersey	5.791		br	SC-104
18 Oct, 1942	U-618	Angelina	4.772		am	ON-137

2 Jul, 1943	U-618	Empire Kohinoor	5.225		br
			15.788
* Unless otherwise noted the ships listed here were sunk.

Special thanks to Fernando Almeida for data on ranks and decorations.

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