The Men - U-boat Commanders

Klaus-Helmuth Becker

Kapitänleutnant (Crew 36)


Successes
1 ship damaged, total tonnage 7,153 GRT
1 warship damaged, total tonnage 1,540 tons

Born  17 Mar 1918 Göttingen
Died  2 Apr 1944(26)Arctic Ocean


Kriegsmarine crew book photo

Ranks

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

Decorations

20 Apr 1940Iron Cross 2nd Class
Oct 1940Minesweeper War Badge
1941Iron Cross 1st Class
20 Jan 1942Fleet War Badge
5 Nov 1942U-boat War Badge 1939

U-boat Commands

U-boatFromTo
U-235 20 Jan 1943 20 May 1943   No war patrols 
U-360 May, 1943 2 Apr 1944  (+)  5 patrols (131 days) 

Patrol info for Klaus-Helmuth Becker


 U-boat Departure Arrival  
1. U-360 7 Aug 1943  Kiel  10 Aug 1943  Bergen   4 days
2. U-360 12 Aug 1943  Bergen  15 Aug 1943  Narvik   4 days
3. U-360 16 Aug 1943  Narvik  24 Sep 1943  Hammerfest  Patrol 1,40 days
4. U-360 6 Oct 1943  Hammerfest  19 Nov 1943  Narvik  Patrol 2,45 days
5. U-360 23 Nov 1943  Narvik  30 Nov 1943  Narvik  Patrol 3,8 days
6. U-360 27 Dec 1943  Narvik  28 Jan 1944  Hammerfest  Patrol 4,33 days
7. U-360 30 Jan 1944  Hammerfest  3 Feb 1944  Trondheim   5 days
8. U-360 29 Mar 1944  Trondheim  2 Apr 1944  Sunk  Patrol 5,5 days
5 patrols, 131 days at sea

Ships hit by Klaus-Helmuth Becker

Date U-boat Name of ship Tons Nat. Convoy
25 Jan 1944U-360 HMS Obdurate (G 39) (d.)1,540brJW-56A
26 Jan 1944U-360 Fort Bellingham (d.)7,153brJW-56A
 8,693

2 ships damaged (8,693 tons).

Legend
We have a picture of this vessel.
(d.) means the ship was damaged.


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

Media links


U-Boat Attack Logs
Daniel Morgan and Bruce Taylor


German U-boat Commanders of World War II
Busch, Rainer and Röll, Hans-Joachim

Listing of all U-boat commanders