Walter Schug

Kapitänleutnant (Crew 34)

Successes
3 ships sunk, total tonnage 9,614 GRT
1 ship damaged, total tonnage 8,627 GRT

Born	22 Oct 1910		Cologne
Died	29 Nov 1943	(33)	North Atlantic

Ranks

8 Apr 1934		Offiziersanwärter
1 Jul 1935		Fähnrich zur See
1 Jan 1937		Oberfähnrich zur See
1 Apr 1937		Leutnant zur See
1 Apr 1939		Oberleutnant zur See
1 Oct 1941		Kapitänleutnant

U-boat Commands

U-boat	From	To
U-86	8 Jul 1941	29 Nov 1943 (+)	8 patrols (415 days)

Patrol info for Walter Schug

	U-boat	Departure		Arrival
1.	U-86	7 Dec 1941	Kiel	22 Dec 1941	Brest	Patrol 1,	16 days
2.	U-86	27 Dec 1941	Brest	15 Feb 1942	Brest	Patrol 2,	51 days
3.	U-86	25 Mar 1942	Brest	26 May 1942	Brest	Patrol 3,	63 days
4.	U-86	2 Jul 1942	Brest	18 Sep 1942	Brest	Patrol 4,	79 days
5.	U-86	31 Oct 1942	Brest	7 Jan 1943	Brest	Patrol 5,	69 days
6.	U-86	24 Feb 1943	Brest	16 Apr 1943	Brest	Patrol 6,	52 days
7.	U-86	8 Jul 1943	Brest	11 Sep 1943	Brest	Patrol 7,	66 days
8.	U-86	30 Oct 1943	Brest	1 Nov 1943	Brest		3 days
9.	U-86	11 Nov 1943	Brest	29 Nov 1943	Sunk	Patrol 8,	19 days
8 patrols, 415 days at sea

Ships hit by Walter Schug

Date	U-boat	Name of ship	Tons		Convoy
16 Jan 1942	U-86	Toorak (d.)	8,627	br	ON-52
18 Jan 1942	U-86	Dimitrios G. Thermiotis	4,271	gr	SC-63
6 Aug 1942	U-86	Wawaloam	342	am

11 Mar 1943	U-86	Brant County	5,001	nw	HX-228
			18,241
3 ships sunk (9,614 tons) and 1 ship damaged (8,627 tons). Legend We have a picture of this vessel. (d.) means the ship was damaged.

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.