Gerhard Haelbich

Kapitänleutnant (Crew 36)

No ships sunk or damaged.

Born	12 Nov 1916		Kiel
Died	8 Sep 1986	(69)	Plön, Germany

Kriegsmarine crew book photo

Ranks

3 Apr 1936		Offiziersanwärter
10 Sep 1936		Seekadett
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 Jun 1943		Kapitänleutnant

U-boat Commands

U-boat	From	To
U-673	8 May 1943	14 Aug 1943	No war patrols

After the war he joined the post-war German Navy, Bundesmarine, and later retired as Kapitän zur See.

Special thanks to Mr. Fernando Almeida for details on date of death and post-war career.

Patrol info for Gerhard Haelbich

This commander did not go out on patrols with his boats.

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.