Adolf Graef

Kapitänleutnant (Crew 36)


Successes
3 ships sunk, total tonnage 19,325 GRT

Born  22 Apr 1916 Flensburg


Ranks

3 Apr 1936 Offiziersanwärter
10 Sep 1936 Seekadett
1 May 1937 Fähnrich zur See
1 Jul 1938 Oberfähnrich zur See
1 Apr 1939 Leutnant zur See
1 Oct 1940 Oberleutnant zur See
1 Oct 1943 Kapitänleutnant

Decorations

U-boat Commands

U-boatFromTo
U-664 17 Jun 1942 9 Aug 1943   5 patrols (167 days) 

Adolf Graef joined the Kriegsmarine in 1936, and was part of the Olympia Crew. After serving in minesweepers, he commissioned U-664, commanding her until she was sunk in August 1943. He remained in Allied captivity until May 1946.

The young U-boat commander Adolf Graef did what many others could not at that point in the war; both survive over 160 days at sea and sink enemy shipping as well. 187 U-boats were lost during the time Graef was at sea, and his boat was the last of that number. Hard times had befallen the U-boats by 1943.

Patrol info for Adolf Graef

 U-boat Departure Arrival  
1. U-664 20 Oct 1942  Kiel  10 Nov 1942  Brest  Patrol 1,22 days
2. U-664 5 Dec 1942  Brest  13 Jan 1943  La Pallice  Patrol 2,40 days
3. U-664 14 Feb 1943  La Pallice  28 Mar 1943  Lorient  Patrol 3,43 days
4. U-664 29 Apr 1943  Lorient  9 Jun 1943  Brest  Patrol 4,42 days
5. U-664 21 Jul 1943  Brest  9 Aug 1943  Sunk  Patrol 5,20 days
5 patrols, 167 days at sea

Ships hit by Adolf Graef

Date U-boat Name of ship Tons Nat. Convoy
16 Dec 1942U-664 Emile Francqui5,859beON-153
 
21 Feb 1943U-664 H.H. Rogers8,807paONS-167
21 Feb 1943U-664 Rosario4,659amONS-167
 19,325

3 ships sunk (19,325 tons).

Legend
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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.

Media links


German U-boat Commanders of World War II

Busch, Rainer and Röll, Hans-Joachim


RAAF Flying Boats at War

Leach, Joe

Listing of all U-boat commanders


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