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Otto Salman

Korvettenkapitän (Crew 32)

Successes
13 ships sunk for a total of 56.333 GRT

Born	5 Jul, 1908	Berlin-Schöneberg
Died	21 Apr, 1970

Kptlt. Otto Salman

Ranks

1 Sep, 1935	Oberfähnrich zur See
1 Jan, 1936	Leutnant zur See
1 Oct, 1937	Oberleutnant zur See
1 Nov, 1939	Kapitänleutnant
1 Apr, 1944	Korvettenkapitän

U-boat Commands

U-7	10 Feb, 1938	-	5 Feb, 1939	No war patrols
U-7	31 May, 1939	-	2 Jul, 1939	No war patrols
U-7	2 Aug, 1939	-	1 Oct, 1939	No war patrols
U-7	25 Oct, 1939	-	13 Nov, 1939	No war patrols
U-52	14 Nov, 1939	-	9 Jun, 1941	7 patrols (228 days)

Personal information

After a solid prewar U-boat training, Otto Salman commanded U-52 very successfully for more than a year. In June 1941 he became a staff member of the BdU op (5. Asto), before joining the BdU org staff in 1943, where he remained to the end of the war. Otto Salman was with the exception of Admiral Friedeburg the only recipient of the Knights Cross of the Kriegsverdienstkreuz mit Schwertern.

Patrol info

	U-boat	Departure		Arrival
1.	U-52	20 Feb, 1940	Kiel	21 Feb, 1940	Helgoland		2 days
2.	U-52	25 Feb, 1940	Helgoland	25 Feb, 1940	Wilhelmshaven		1 days
3.	U-52	27 Feb, 1940	Wilhelmshaven	27 Feb, 1940	Helgoland		1 days
4.	U-52	27 Feb, 1940	Helgoland	4 Apr, 1940	Wilhelmshaven	Patrol	38 days
5.	U-52	7 Apr, 1940	Wilhelmshaven	29 Apr, 1940	Kiel	Patrol	23 days
6.	U-52	8 Jun, 1940	Kiel	21 Jul, 1940	Lorient	Patrol	44 days
7.	U-52	27 Jul, 1940	Lorient	13 Aug, 1940	Kiel	Patrol	18 days
8.	U-52	17 Nov, 1940	Kiel	28 Dec, 1940	Lorient	Patrol	42 days
9.	U-52	22 Jan, 1941	Lorient	24 Feb, 1941	Lorient	Patrol	34 days
10.	U-52	22 Mar, 1941	Lorient	23 Mar, 1941	Lorient		2 days
11.	U-52	27 Mar, 1941	Lorient	31 Mar, 1941	Lorient		5 days
12.	U-52	3 Apr, 1941	Lorient	1 May, 1941	Kiel	Patrol	29 days

Ships hit by Otto Salman

Date	Boat	Name of ship	Tons	Nat.		Convoy	Fate *
19 Jun, 1940	U-52	The Monarch	824		br
19 Jun, 1940	U-52	Ville de Namur	7.463		be
21 Jun, 1940	U-52	Hilda	1.144		fi
14 Jul, 1940	U-52	Thetis A.	4.111		gr
4 Aug, 1940	U-52	Geraldine Mary	7.244		br	HX-60
4 Aug, 1940	U-52	Gogovale	4.586		br	HX-60
4 Aug, 1940	U-52	King Alfred	5.272		br	HX-60
2 Dec, 1940	U-52	Goodleigh	5.448		br	HX-90
2 Dec, 1940	U-52	Tasso	1.586		br	HX-90

4 Feb, 1941	U-52	Ringhorn	1.298		nw	OB-280
10 Feb, 1941	U-52	Canford Chine	3.364		br	OG-52
10 Apr, 1941	U-52	Saleier	6.563		nl	OB-306
14 Apr, 1941	U-52	Ville de Liège	7.430		be
			56.333
* Unless otherwise noted the ships listed here were sunk.