Ludwig Forster
Oberleutnant zur See (Crew 36)
| Successes 3 ships sunk for a total of 17.755 GRT 1 warship sunk for a total of 900 tons |
| Born | 9 Oct, 1915 | Lauingen near Dillingen |
| Died | 22 Aug, 1942 | US waters |
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Ranks
Decorations |
U-boat Commands
| U-62 | 20 May, 1941 | - | Sep, 1941 | No war patrols |
| U-654 | 2 Dec, 1941 | - | 22 Aug, 1942 (+) | 4 patrols (162 days) |
Patrol info
| U-boat | Departure | Arrival | |||||
| 1. | U-654 | 4 Dec, 1941 | Stavanger | 4 Dec, 1941 | Stavanger | 1 days | |
| 2. | U-654 | 7 Dec, 1941 | Stavanger | 9 Dec, 1941 | Bergen | 3 days | |
| 3. | U-654 | 15 Dec, 1941 | Bergen | 25 Dec, 1941 | Brest | Patrol, | 11 days |
| 4. | U-654 | 3 Jan, 1942 | Brest | 19 Feb, 1942 | Brest | Patrol, | 48 days |
| 5. | U-654 | 21 Mar, 1942 | Brest | 19 May, 1942 | Brest | Patrol, | 60 days |
| 6. | U-654 | 9 Jul, 1942 | Brest | 10 Jul, 1942 | Lorient | 2 days | |
| 7. | U-654 | 11 Jul, 1942 | Lorient | 22 Aug, 1942 | Sunk | Patrol, | 43 days |
| 4 patrols, 162 days at sea | |||||||
Ships hit by Ludwig Forster
| Date | Boat | Name of ship | Tons | Nat. | Convoy | Fate * | |
| 9 Feb, 1942 | U-654 | FFL Alysse (J 1159) | 900 |  | fr | ON-60 | |
| 10 Apr, 1942 | U-654 | Empire Prairie | 7.010 |  | br | ||
| 20 Apr, 1942 | U-654 | Agra | 4.569 |  | sw | ||
| 20 Apr, 1942 | U-654 | Steel Maker | 6.176 |  | am | ||
| 18.655 | |||||||
* Unless otherwise noted the ships listed here were sunk. | |||||||
Decorations and ranks information is in many cases not complete. If you can help on any of those missing that would be great.