Klaus Andersen
Kapitänleutnant (Crew 37b)
| Successes 6 ships sunk for a total of 1.217 GRT 1 warship sunk for a total of 108 tons 1 ship damaged for a total of 26 GRT |
| Born | 19 Oct, 1918 | Wilhelmshaven |
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Ranks
Decorations
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U-boat Commands
| U-708 | Jun, 1943 | - | 29 Feb, 1944 | No war patrols |
| U-481 | 1 Mar, 1944 | - | 8 May, 1945 | 3 patrols (114 days) |
Patrol info
| U-boat | Departure | Arrival | |||||
| 1. | U-481 | 19 Jun, 1944 | Kiel | 23 Jun, 1944 | Helsinki | 5 days | |
| 2. | U-481 | 25 Jun, 1944 | Helsinki | 26 Jun, 1944 | Reval | 2 days | |
| 3. | U-481 | 5 Jul, 1944 | Reval | 4 Aug, 1944 | Reval | 31 days | |
| 4. | U-481 | 10 Aug, 1944 | Reval | 21 Aug, 1944 | Königsberg | 12 days | |
| 5. | U-481 | 22 Sep, 1944 | Königsberg | 26 Oct, 1944 | Danzig | Patrol, | 35 days |
| 6. | U-481 | 2 Nov, 1944 | Danzig | 22 Dec, 1944 | Danzig | Patrol, | 51 days |
| 7. | U-481 | 26 Jan, 1945 | Königsberg | 1 Feb, 1945 | Kiel | 7 days | |
| 8. | U-481 | 1 Apr, 1945 | Kiel | 3 Apr, 1945 | Horten | 3 days | |
| 9. | U-481 | 7 Apr, 1945 | Horten | 4 May, 1945 | Narvik, Norway | Patrol, | 28 days |
| 3 patrols, 114 days at sea | |||||||
Ships hit by Klaus Andersen
| Date | Boat | Name of ship | Tons | Nat. | Convoy | Fate * | |
| 30 Jul, 1944 | U-481 | KT-804 (No 35) | 26 |  | sj | ||
| 30 Jul, 1944 | U-481 | KT-806 | 26 | | sj | damaged | |
| 30 Jul, 1944 | U-481 | KT-807 (No 42) | 26 | | sj | ||
| 15 Oct, 1944 | U-481 | Dan | 47 |  | fi | ||
| 15 Oct, 1944 | U-481 | Endla | 68 | | fi | ||
| 15 Oct, 1944 | U-481 | Maria | 50 | | fi | ||
| 19 Nov, 1944 | U-481 | 112600 (No 4532) | 1.000 | | sj | ||
| 28 Nov, 1944 | U-481 | T-387 (No 331) | 108 | | sj | ||
| 1.351 | |||||||
* Unless otherwise noted the ships listed here were sunk. | |||||||
Special thanks to Fernando Almeida for data on ranks and decorations.