Johann Mohr

Korvettenkapitän (Crew 34)

Successes
27 ships sunk, total tonnage 129,976 GRT
2 warships sunk, total tonnage 5,775 tons
3 ships damaged, total tonnage 26,167 GRT

Born	12 Jun 1916		Hannover
Died	2 Apr 1943	(26)	Middle Atlantic

Kapitänleutnant Johann Mohr wearing his Knights Cross.

Ranks

8 Apr 1934		Offiziersanwärter
26 Sep 1934		Seekadett
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 Sep 1941		Kapitänleutnant
1 Apr 1943		Korvettenkapitän

Decorations

29 Nov 1939		Iron Cross 2nd Class
4 May 1941		Iron Cross 1st Class
4 May 1941		U-boat War Badge 1939
27 Mar 1942		Knights Cross
13 Jan 1943		Knights Cross with Oak Leaves

U-boat Commands

U-boat	From	To
U-124	8 Sep 1941	2 Apr 1943 (+)	6 patrols (268 days)

The lucky Kapitänleutnant 'Jochen' Mohr after a patrol.

'Jochen' Mohr was one of a handful of U-boat officers who spent their entire U-boat careers on a single boat. He completed his first three patrols on U-124 under the command of Kapitänleutnant Georg-Wilhelm Schulz before taking her over on 8 Sep 1941.

Mohr achieved notable success against enemy warships. On his first patrol as commander in November 1941, he sank the British light cruiser HMS Dunedin and in 1942 the French corvette Mimosa. The night of 12 May 1942 was also notable: U-124 sank four ships with a total of 21,784 tons from convoy ONS 92. In all, he sank 29 ships in his 18 months as commander of U-124.

A doggerel composed by Mohr on his way back from the US East Coast:

The moon night is as black as ink
Off Hatteras the tankers sink
While sadly Roosevelt counts the score
some fifty thousand tons. Mohr

Mohr was killed when U-124 was sunk with all hands on 2 April 1943 west of Oporto, Portugal by the British corvette HMS Stonecrop and the British sloop HMS Black Swan. (Niestlé, 1998).

Sources

Busch, R. and Röll, H-J. (1999). German U-boat commanders of World War II.
Busch, R. and Röll, H-J. (1997). Der U-Bootkrieg 1939-1945 (Band 2).
Niestlé, A. (1998). German U-boat losses during World War II.
Rohwer, J. (1998). Axis Submarine Successes of World War Two.

Patrol info for Johann Mohr

	U-boat	Departure		Arrival
1.	U-124	16 Sep 1941	Lorient	1 Oct 1941	Lorient	Patrol 1,	16 days
2.	U-124	30 Oct 1941	Lorient	29 Dec 1941	Lorient	Patrol 2,	61 days
3.	U-124	21 Feb 1942	Lorient	10 Apr 1942	Lorient	Patrol 3,	49 days
4.	U-124	4 May 1942	Lorient	26 Jun 1942	Lorient	Patrol 4,	54 days
5.	U-124	25 Nov 1942	Lorient	13 Feb 1943	Lorient	Patrol 5,	81 days
6.	U-124	27 Mar 1943	Lorient	2 Apr 1943	Sunk	Patrol 6,	7 days
6 patrols, 268 days at sea

Ships hit by Johann Mohr

Date	U-boat	Commander	Name of ship	Tons		Convoy
20 Sep 1941	U-124	Johann Mohr	Baltallinn	1,303	br	OG-74
20 Sep 1941	U-124	Johann Mohr	Empire Moat	2,922	br	OG-74
25 Sep 1941	U-124	Johann Mohr	Empire Stream	2,922	br	HG-73
26 Sep 1941	U-124	Johann Mohr	Cortes	1,374	br	HG-73
26 Sep 1941	U-124	Johann Mohr	Petrel	1,354	br	HG-73
26 Sep 1941	U-124	Johann Mohr	Siremalm	2,468	nw	HG-73
24 Nov 1941	U-124	Johann Mohr	HMS Dunedin (D 93)	4,850	br
3 Dec 1941	U-124	Johann Mohr	Sagadahoc	6,275	am

14 Mar 1942	U-124	Johann Mohr	British Resource	7,209	br
17 Mar 1942	U-124	Johann Mohr	Ceiba	1,698	ho
17 Mar 1942	U-124	Johann Mohr	Acme (d.)	6,878	am
18 Mar 1942	U-124	Johann Mohr	Kassandra Louloudis	5,106	gr
18 Mar 1942	U-124	Johann Mohr	E.M. Clark	9,647	am
19 Mar 1942	U-124	Johann Mohr	Papoose	5,939	am
19 Mar 1942	U-124	Johann Mohr	W.E. Hutton	7,076	am
21 Mar 1942	U-124	Johann Mohr	Esso Nashville (d.)	7,934	am
21 Mar 1942	U-124	Johann Mohr	Atlantic Sun (d.)	11,355	am
23 Mar 1942	U-124	Johann Mohr	Naeco	5,373	am
12 May 1942	U-124	Johann Mohr	Empire Dell	7,065	br	ONS-92
12 May 1942	U-124	Johann Mohr	Llanover	4,959	br	ONS-92
12 May 1942	U-124	Johann Mohr	Mount Parnes	4,371	gr	ONS-92
12 May 1942	U-124	Johann Mohr	Cristales	5,389	br	ONS-92
9 Jun 1942	U-124	Johann Mohr	FFL Mimosa (K 11)	925	fr	ONS-100
12 Jun 1942	U-124	Johann Mohr	Dartford	4,093	br	ONS-100
18 Jun 1942	U-124	Johann Mohr	Seattle Spirit	5,627	am	ONS-102
28 Dec 1942	U-124	Johann Mohr	Treworlas	4,692	br

9 Jan 1943	U-124	Johann Mohr	Broad Arrow	7,718	am	TB-1
9 Jan 1943	U-124	Johann Mohr	Birmingham City	6,194	am	TB-1
9 Jan 1943	U-124	Johann Mohr	Collingsworth	5,101	am	TB-1
9 Jan 1943	U-124	Johann Mohr	Minotaur	4,554	am	TB-1
2 Apr 1943	U-124	Johann Mohr	Gogra	5,190	br	OS-45
2 Apr 1943	U-124	Johann Mohr	Katha	4,357	br	OS-45
				161,918
29 ships sunk (135,751 tons) and 3 ships damaged (26,167 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.