Klaus Petersen

Kapitänleutnant (Crew 36)

Successes
4 warships sunk, total tonnage 529 tons
1 warship damaged, total tonnage 412 tons
1 ship a total loss, total tonnage 7,886 GRT

Born	13 Jan 1917		Kiel
Died	8 Sep 2014	(97)

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

Decorations

		Iron Cross 2nd Class
		Iron Cross 1st Class
14 Jul 1944		German Cross in Gold

U-boat Commands

U-boat	From	To
U-14	10 Feb 1942	30 Jun 1942	No war patrols
U-24	14 Oct 1942	17 Nov 1942	1 patrol (14 days)
U-24	16 Apr 1943	7 Apr 1944	5 patrols (148 days)
U-9	7 Apr 1944	Jun, 1944	1 patrol (33 days)

Crew of 1936

Klaus Petersen was one of the Kriegsmarine's famous Olympia Crew. This Crew chose the Olympic rings as their symbol (the 1936 Olympic games were held in Berlin). It was the largest Crew, and produced more U-boat commanders than any other – of the 164 who 'graduated', 140 took command during the war.

Patrol info for Klaus Petersen

	U-boat	Departure		Arrival
1.	U-24	27 Oct 1942	Konstanza	9 Nov 1942	Konstanza	Patrol 1,	14 days
2.	U-24	5 Jun 1943	Konstanza	26 Jun 1943	Feodosia	Patrol 2,	22 days
3.	U-24	27 Jun 1943	Feodosia	29 Jun 1943	Konstanza	Patrol 2,	3 days
4.	U-24	26 Jul 1943	Konstanza	25 Aug 1943	Konstanza	Patrol 3,	31 days
5.	U-24	30 Sep 1943	Konstanza	18 Oct 1943	Sevastopol	Patrol 4,	19 days
6.	U-24	20 Oct 1943	Sevastopol	4 Nov 1943	Konstanza	Patrol 4,	16 days
7.	U-24	15 Jan 1944	Konstanza	10 Feb 1944	Konstanza	Patrol 5,	27 days
8.	U-24	4 Mar 1944	Konstanza	2 Apr 1944	Konstanza	Patrol 6,	30 days
9.	U-9	26 Apr 1944	Konstanza	28 May 1944	Konstanza	Patrol 7,	33 days
7 patrols, 195 days at sea

Ships hit by Klaus Petersen

Date	U-boat	Name of ship	Tons
15 Jun 1943	U-24	BTSC-411 Zashchitnik (No 26)	441	sj
30 Jul 1943	U-24	Emba (t.)	7,886	sj
22 Aug 1943	U-24	DB-36 (No 363)	16	sj
22 Aug 1943	U-24	DB-37 (No 365)	16	sj
31 Oct 1943	U-24	SKA-088	56	sj

11 May 1944	U-9	Shtorm (d.)	412	sj
			8,827
5 ships sunk (8,415 tons) and 1 ship damaged (412 tons). Legend We have a picture of this vessel. (d.) means the ship was damaged. (t.) means the ship was a total loss (included in ships & tonnage lost).

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.