Klaus Popp
Kapitänleutnant (Crew 35)
| Successes 1 ship sunk for a total of 3,157 GRT 1 auxiliary warship sunk for a total of 520 GRT |
| Born | 30 May 1917 | Berlin |
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Ranks
Decorations |
U-boat Commands
| U-boat | From | To | |
| U-140 | 10 Dec 1941 | 1 Sep 1942 | No war patrols |
| U-552 | 9 Sep 1942 | 10 Jul 1944 | 5 patrols (307 days) |
| U-3006 | 5 Oct 1944 | 5 Oct 1944 | No war patrols |
Patrol info for Klaus Popp
| U-boat | Departure | Arrival | ||||||
| 1. | U-552 | 10 Sep 1942 | St. Nazaire | 15 Dec 1942 | St. Nazaire | Patrol 1, | 97 days | |
| 2. | U-552 | 4 Apr 1943 | St. Nazaire | 13 Jun 1943 | St. Nazaire | Patrol 2, | 71 days | |
| 3. | U-552 | 3 Oct 1943 | St. Nazaire | 30 Nov 1943 | St. Nazaire | Patrol 3, | 59 days | |
| 4. | U-552 | 8 Feb 1944 | St. Nazaire | 14 Feb 1944 | St. Nazaire | Patrol 4, | 7 days | |
| 5. | U-552 | 16 Feb 1944 | St. Nazaire | 28 Apr 1944 | Danzig | Patrol 5, | 73 days | |
| 5 patrols, 307 days at sea | ||||||||
Ships hit by Klaus Popp
| Date | U-boat | Name of ship | Tons | Nat. | Convoy | ||
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| 19 Sep 1942 | U-552 | HMS Alouette (FY 101) | 520 |  | br | ||
| 3 Dec 1942 | U-552 |  | Wallsend | 3,157 | | br | ON-146 |
| 3,677 | |||||||
2 ships sunk (3,677 tons). Legend | |||||||
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.