Klaus-Dietrich Steffens

Kapitänleutnant (Crew 37a)

No ships sunk or damaged.

Born	17 Jun 1918		Danzig-Langfuhr
Died	26 Jun 1944	(26)	North Atlantic

Kriegsmarine Crew photo

Ranks

3 Apr 1937		Offiziersanwärter
21 Sep 1937		Seekadett
1 May 1938		Fähnrich zur See
1 Jul 1939		Oberfähnrich zur See
1 Aug 1939		Leutnant zur See
1 Sep 1941		Oberleutnant zur See
1 Aug 1944		Kapitänleutnant (posthumous)

U-boat Commands

U-boat	From	To
U-719	27 Jul 1943	26 Jun 1944 (+)	1 patrol (39 days)

Patrol info for Klaus-Dietrich Steffens

	U-boat	Departure		Arrival
1.	U-719	6 May 1944	Kiel	9 May 1944	Arendal		4 days
2.	U-719	19 May 1944	Arendal	26 Jun 1944	Sunk	Patrol 1,	39 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.