Detlev Krankenhagen

Kapitänleutnant (Crew 36)

Successes
1 warship sunk, total tonnage 9,393 tons
1 warship damaged, total tonnage 1,300 tons

Born	3 Jul 1917		Danzig
Died	29 May 1944	(26)	south-west of Madeira

Ranks

3 Apr 1936		Offiziersanwärter
10 Sep 1936		Seekadett
1 May 1937		Fähnrich zur See
1 Jul 1938		Oberfähnrich zur See
1 Oct 1938		Leutnant zur See
1 Oct 1940		Oberleutnant zur See
1 Jun 1943		Kapitänleutnant

U-boat Commands

U-boat	From	To
U-549	14 Jul 1943	29 May 1944 (+)	2 patrols (92 days)

Patrol info for Detlev Krankenhagen

	U-boat	Departure		Arrival
1.	U-549	11 Jan 1944	Kiel	26 Mar 1944	Lorient	Patrol 1,	76 days
2.	U-549	14 May 1944	Lorient	29 May 1944	Sunk	Patrol 2,	16 days
2 patrols, 92 days at sea

Ships hit by Detlev Krankenhagen

Date	U-boat	Name of ship	Tons
29 May 1944	U-549	USS Block Island (CVE 21)	9,393	am
29 May 1944	U-549	USS Barr (DE 576) (d.)	1,300	am
			10,693
1 ship sunk (9,393 tons) and 1 ship damaged (1,300 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.