Johannes Meermeier
Kapitänleutnant (Crew 37a)
| Successes 1 auxiliary warship sunk for a total of 348 GRT 1 ship damaged for a total of 6.386 GRT 1 auxiliary warship damaged for a total of 5.969 GRT |
| Born | 14 Nov, 1916 | Sande near Paderborn |
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Ranks
Decorations |
Patrol info
| U-boat | Departure | Arrival | |||||
| 1. | U-979 | 6 Aug, 1944 | Kiel | 8 Aug, 1944 | Horten | 3 days | |
| 2. | U-979 | 14 Aug, 1944 | Horten | 10 Oct, 1944 | Trondheim | Patrol, | 58 days |
| 3. | U-979 | 9 Nov, 1944 | Trondheim | 16 Jan, 1945 | Stavanger | Patrol, | 69 days |
| 4. | U-979 | 26 Mar, 1945 | Bergen | 29 Mar, 1945 | Bergen | 4 days | |
| 5. | U-979 | 29 Mar, 1945 | Bergen | 24 May, 1945 | Patrol, | 57 days | |
| 3 patrols, 184 days at sea | |||||||
Ships hit by Johannes Meermeier
| Date | Boat | Name of ship | Tons | Nat. | Convoy | Fate * | |
| 22 Sep, 1944 | U-979 | USS Yukon (AF 9) | 5.969 |  | am | damaged | |
| 2 May, 1945 | U-979 | HMS Ebor Wyke (FY 1601) | 348 |  | br | ||
| 4 May, 1945 | U-979 | Empire Unity | 6.386 | | br | RU-161 | damaged |
| 12.703 | |||||||
* 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.