Walter Göing

Kapitänleutnant (Crew 34)

Successes
1 ship sunk, total tonnage 928 GRT
2 auxiliary warships sunk, total tonnage 2,974 GRT

Born	2 Aug 1914		Wilhelmshaven
Died	28 May 1943	(28)	Mediterranean

Kriegsmarine Crew photo

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 Jan 1942		Kapitänleutnant

U-boat Commands

U-boat	From	To
U-755	3 Nov 1941	28 May 1943 (+)	5 patrols (145 days)

Patrol info for Walter Göing

	U-boat	Departure		Arrival
1.	U-755	4 Aug 1942	Kiel	6 Oct 1942	Brest	Patrol 1,	64 days
2.	U-755	1 Nov 1942	Brest	22 Nov 1942	La Spezia	Patrol 2,	22 days
3.	U-755	27 Jan 1943	La Spezia	20 Feb 1943	La Spezia	Patrol 3,	25 days
4.	U-755	21 Mar 1943	La Spezia	12 Apr 1943	Toulon	Patrol 4,	23 days
5.	U-755	18 May 1943	Toulon	28 May 1943	Sunk	Patrol 5,	11 days
5 patrols, 145 days at sea

Ships hit by Walter Göing

Date	U-boat	Name of ship	Tons		Convoy
9 Sep 1942	U-755	USS Muskeget (WAG 48)	1,827	am

26 Mar 1943	U-755	FFL Sergent Gouarne (P 43)	1,147	fr
2 Apr 1943	U-755	Simon Duhamel II	928	fr	TE-20
			3,902
3 ships sunk (3,902 tons). Legend We have a picture of this vessel.

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.