Albert Lauzemis

Kapitänleutnant (Crew 37a)


Successes
5 ships sunk for a total of 27,302 GRT
1 auxiliary warship sunk for a total of 545 GRT

Born  12 Mar 1918 Kairien, Memel
Died  10 Apr 1944(26)north-west of Madeira


Ranks

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

Decorations

 Iron Cross 2nd Class
 Iron Cross 1st Class
21 Jan 1944German Cross in Gold

U-boat Commands

U-boatFromTo
U-139 18 May 1942 30 Jun 1942   No war patrols 
U-37 1 Jul 1942 3 Jan 1943   No war patrols 
U-68 21 Jan 1943 16 Jun 1943   2 patrols (99 days) 
U-68 30 Jul 1943 10 Apr 1944  (+)  3 patrols (129 days) 

Patrol info for Albert Lauzemis


 U-boat Departure Arrival  
1. U-68 3 Feb 1943  Lorient  7 May 1943  Lorient  Patrol 1,94 days
2. U-68 12 Jun 1943  Lorient  16 Jun 1943  Lorient  Patrol 2,5 days
3. U-68 1 Aug 1943  Lorient  3 Aug 1943  Lorient   3 days
4. U-68 14 Aug 1943  Lorient  15 Aug 1943  Lorient  Patrol 3,2 days
5. U-68 8 Sep 1943  Lorient  23 Dec 1943  Lorient  Patrol 4,107 days
6. U-68 22 Mar 1944  Lorient  10 Apr 1944  Sunk  Patrol 5,20 days
5 patrols, 228 days at sea

Ships hit by Albert Lauzemis

Date U-boat Name of ship Tons Nat. Convoy
13 Mar 1943U-68 Ceres2,680nlGAT-49
13 Mar 1943U-68 Cities Service Missouri7,506amGAT-49
21 Oct 1943U-68 HMS Orfasy (T 204)545br
22 Oct 1943U-68 Litiopa5,356nw
31 Oct 1943U-68 New Columbia6,574br
30 Nov 1943U-68 Fort de Vaux5,186fr
 27,847

6 ships sunk (27,847 tons).

Legend
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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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