Gerhard Groth
Kapitänleutnant (Crew 37a)
| Successes 1 ship sunk for a total of 40 GRT 1 ship damaged for a total of 40 GRT |
| Born | 20 Aug, 1917 | Mexico City |
| Died | 10 Apr, 1997 | Mexico City, Mexico |
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Ranks
Decorations |
U-boat Commands
| U-143 | 8 Apr, 1942 | - | 14 Dec, 1942 | No war patrols |
| U-958 | 14 Jan, 1943 | - | 25 Apr, 1945 | 3 patrols (122 days) |
| U-397 | 26 Apr, 1945 | - | 5 May, 1945 | No war patrols |
Patrol info
| U-boat | Departure | Arrival | |||||
| 1. | U-958 | 6 May, 1944 | Kiel | 9 May, 1944 | Stavanger | 4 days | |
| 2. | U-958 | 22 May, 1944 | Stavanger | 27 May, 1944 | Bergen | 6 days | |
| 3. | U-958 | 3 Jun, 1944 | Bergen | 23 Jun, 1944 | Bergen | Patrol, | 21 days |
| 4. | U-958 | 3 Jul, 1944 | Bergen | 3 Jul, 1944 | Haugsund | 1 days | |
| 5. | U-958 | 27 Jul, 1944 | Haugsund | 1 Aug, 1944 | Kiel | 6 days | |
| 6. | U-958 | 3 Aug, 1944 | Kiel | 5 Aug, 1944 | Gotenhafen | 3 days | |
| 7. | U-958 | 4 Sep, 1944 | Gotenhafen | 5 Sep, 1944 | Reval | 2 days | |
| 8. | U-958 | 7 Sep, 1944 | Reval | 11 Oct, 1944 | Danzig | Patrol, | 35 days |
| 9. | U-958 | 13 Oct, 1944 | Danzig | 17 Dec, 1944 | Danzig | Patrol, | 66 days |
| 10. | U-958 | 23 Mar, 1945 | Danzig | 26 Mar, 1945 | Kiel | 4 days | |
| 3 patrols, 122 days at sea | |||||||
Ships hit by Gerhard Groth
| Date | Boat | Name of ship | Tons | Nat. | Convoy | Fate * | |
| 24 Oct, 1944 | U-958 | Linnea | 40 |  | fi | ||
| 24 Oct, 1944 | U-958 | Piikkiö | 40 | | fi | damaged | |
| 80 | |||||||
* Unless otherwise noted the ships listed here were sunk. | |||||||
Decorations and ranks information is in many cases not complete. If you can help on any of those missing that would be great.