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Ulrich Gräf

Kapitänleutnant (Crew 35)


Successes
6 ships sunk for a total of 16.627 GRT

Born  15 Dec, 1915Dresden
Died  17 Feb, 1943North Atlantic

Ranks

1 Jan, 1943Kapitänleutnant

Decorations

U-boat Commands

U-2324 Sep, 1941 - 26 Mar, 1942  No war patrols 
U-6931 Mar, 1942 - 17 Feb, 1943 (+)  3 patrols (205 days) 


Patrol info


 U-boatDeparture Arrival  
1. U-69 12 Apr, 1942  St. Nazaire25 Jun, 1942  St. NazairePatrol75 days
2. U-69 15 Aug, 1942  St. Nazaire5 Nov, 1942  LorientPatrol83 days
3. U-69 2 Jan, 1943  Lorient17 Feb, 1943  SunkPatrol47 days

Ships hit by Ulrich Gräf


DateBoatName of shipTonsNat.ConvoyFate *
1 May, 1942 U-69James E. Newsom671 br 
12 May, 1942 U-69Lise6.826 nw 
13 May, 1942 U-69Norlantic2.606 am 
21 May, 1942 U-69Torondoc1.927 ca 
9 Oct, 1942 U-69Carolus2.375 ca NL-9 
14 Oct, 1942 U-69Caribou2.222 br NL-9 
 16.627

* Unless otherwise noted the ships listed here were sunk.


Books dealing with this subject include:

Night of the Caribou, How, Douglas, 1988


Decorations and ranks information is in many cases not complete. If you can help on any of those missing that would be great.

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