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Klaus Becker

Kapitänleutnant (Crew 36)


Successes
1 ship damaged for a total of 7.153 GRT
1 warship damaged for a total of 1.540 tons

Born  17 Mar, 1918Göttingen
Died  2 Apr, 1944Arctic Ocean

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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

1939Iron Cross 2nd Class
Nov, 1940Minesweeper War Badge
28 Oct, 1941Fleet War Badge
1941Iron Cross 1st Class
Aug, 1942U-boat War Badge 1939
U-boat Front Clasp

U-boat Commands

U-23520 Jan, 1943 - 20 May, 1943  No war patrols 
U-360May, 1943 - 2 Apr, 1944 (+)  7 patrols (139 days) 


Patrol info


 U-boatDeparture Arrival  
1. U-360 7 Aug, 1943  Kiel10 Aug, 1943  BergenPatrol4 days
2. U-360 12 Aug, 1943  Bergen15 Aug, 1943  NarvikPatrol4 days
3. U-360 16 Aug, 1943  Narvik24 Sep, 1943  HammerfestPatrol40 days
4. U-360 6 Oct, 1943  Hammerfest19 Nov, 1943  NarvikPatrol45 days
5. U-360 23 Nov, 1943  Narvik30 Nov, 1943  NarvikPatrol8 days
6. U-360 27 Dec, 1943  Narvik28 Jan, 1944  HammerfestPatrol33 days
7. U-360 30 Jan, 1944  Hammerfest3 Feb, 1944  Trondheim 5 days
8. U-360 29 Mar, 1944  Trondheim2 Apr, 1944  SunkPatrol5 days

Ships hit by Klaus Becker


DateBoatName of shipTonsNat.ConvoyFate *
25 Jan, 1944 U-360HMS Obdurate (G 39)1.540 br JW-56A damaged
26 Jan, 1944 U-360Fort Bellingham7.153 br JW-56A damaged
 8.693

* Unless otherwise noted the ships listed here were sunk.

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

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