In the Reichsmarine (until crew 1930) it took the cadets 4 and half years to reach the Leutnant rank. This time became then shorter. From 1938 the Leutnant's needed an average 2 years and 6 months to reach this rank.

The Leutnant zur See wear only the plain shoulder-strap, the Leutnant (Ing.) and also all the other engineer ranks had a cog-wheel on the shoulder-strap (see left).

They had one stripe on the shade of cap. On the sleeve they wear one strip and the star (engineer officers also wore the cog-wheel).

Leutnant zur See (left) in the 7th Flotilla in March 1944.

Young Leutnant zur See seen as II WO in Norwegian waters.