| Born | 10 Nov 1920 | Wallau, Wiesbaden |
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U-boat Commands
| U-boat | From | To | |
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| U-1005 | 3 Jul 1944 | 8 May 1945 | 2 patrols (42 days, * did not finish patrol) |
Hermann Lauth joined the Kriegsmarine in 1939 and belonged to the XII/39 crew. He finished his U-boat training and U-boat familiarization (Baubelehrung) in Jan 1943 and was then sent to the U-959 as First Watch Officer (1WO). He served on the boat until April 1944, one 21 day patrol, when he was sent to U-boat commander training with the 23rd flotilla at Danzig.
Oblt. Hermann Lauth took command of the type VIIC/41 boat U-1005 on 3 July 1944. After training he boat was assigned to the 11th flotilla at Bergen, Norway. With this boat Lauth went out on two patrols from Norway, first a 30 day patrol. The second patrol was just started on May 3 when the order to cease fire came on May 4 (not all boats heard the order right away) and Lauth arrived back to Bergen on 14 May to surrender his boat.
Sources
Busch, R and Röll, H-J. (1998). German U-boat commanders of World War II.
Patrol info for Hermann Lauth
| U-boat | Departure | Arrival | ||||||
| 1. | U-1005 | 8 Feb 1945 | Kiel | 14 Feb 1945 | Horten | 7 days | ||
| 2. | U-1005 | 19 Feb 1945 | Horten | 20 Mar 1945 | Bergen | Patrol 1, | 30 days | |
| 3. | U-1005 | 3 May 1945 | Bergen | 14 May 1945 | Bergen, Norway | Patrol 2, | 12 days | |
| 2 patrols, 42 days at sea | ||||||||
Ships hit by Hermann Lauth
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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.
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