Karl-Joachim Jenssen

Oberleutnant zur See (Crew 38)

No ships sunk or damaged.

Born	31 Jul 1920		Waren, Müritz
Died	3 Jun 1944	(23)	Norwegian Sea

Kriegsmarine Crew photo

Ranks

1 Oct 1938		Offiziersanwärter
1 Jul 1939		Seekadett
1 Dec 1939		Fähnrich zur See
1 Aug 1940		Oberfähnrich zur See
1 Apr 1941		Leutnant zur See
1 Jan 1943		Oberleutnant zur See

U-boat Commands

U-boat	From	To
U-477	18 Aug 1943	3 Jun 1944 (+)	1 patrol (20 days)

Patrol info for Karl-Joachim Jenssen

	U-boat	Departure		Arrival
1.	U-477	13 May 1944	Kiel	15 May 1944	Kristiansand		3 days
2.	U-477	15 May 1944	Kristiansand	3 Jun 1944	Sunk	Patrol 1,	20 days

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.