| Born | 18 Nov, 1919 | Mannheim |
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Ranks
Decorations |
Patrol info
| U-boat | Departure | Arrival | |||||
| 1. | U-453 | 12 Jan, 1944 | Pola | 9 Feb, 1944 | Salamis | Patrol, | 29 days |
| 2. | U-453 | 8 Mar, 1944 | Salamis | 25 Mar, 1944 | Pola | Patrol, | 18 days |
| 3. | U-453 | 30 Apr, 1944 | Pola | 21 May, 1944 | Sunk | Patrol, | 22 days |
| 3 patrols, 69 days at sea | |||||||
Ships hit by Dierk Lührs
| Date | Boat | Name of ship | Tons | Nat. | Convoy | Fate * | |
| 1 Feb, 1944 | U-453 | Agia Paraskevi | 80 |  | gr | ||
| 1 Feb, 1944 | U-453 | Himli | 67 |  | lb | ||
| 1 Feb, 1944 | U-453 | Salem | 81 | | lb | ||
| 2 Feb, 1944 | U-453 | Yahiya | 64 |  | sy | ||
| 19 May, 1944 | U-453 | Fort Missanabie | 7.147 |  | br | HA-43 | |
| 7.439 | |||||||
* 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.