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Johann Mohr

Korvettenkapitän (Crew 34)

Successes
27 ships sunk for a total of 129,292 GRT
2 warships sunk for a total of 5,775 tons
3 ships damaged for a total of 26,167 GRT

Born	12 Jun 1916		Hannover
Died	2 Apr 1943	(26)	Middle Atlantic

Kapitänleutnant Johann Mohr wearing his Knights Cross.

Ranks

26 Sep 1934	Seekadett
1 Jul 1935	Fähnrich zur See
1 Jan 1937	Oberfähnrich zur See
1 Apr 1937	Leutnant zur See
1 Apr 1939	Oberleutnant zur See
1 Sep 1941	Kapitänleutnant
1 Apr 1943	Korvettenkapitän

Decorations

29 Nov 1939	Iron Cross 2nd Class
4 May 1941	Iron Cross 1st Class
4 May 1941	U-boat War Badge 1939
27 Mar 1942	Knights Cross
13 Jan 1943	Knights Cross with Oak Leaves

U-boat Commands

U-boat	From	To
U-124	8 Sep 1941	2 Apr 1943 (+)	6 patrols (268 days)

Personal information

The lucky Kapitänleutnant 'Jochen' Mohr after a patrol.

'Jochen' Mohr was one of a handful of U-boat officers who spent their entire U-boat careers on a single boat. He completed his first three patrols under the command of Kapitänleutnant Georg-Wilhelm Schulz.

Mohr achieved great success against enemy warships. On his first patrol as commander, in November 1941, he sank the British light cruiser HMS Dunedin and in 1942 he sank the French corvette Mimosa. Especially remarkable was the night of 12 May, 1942, when U-124 sank four ships for a total of 21,784 tons from convoy ONS-92.

Mohr was killed when his boat was sunk with all hands on 2 April, 1943 west of Oporto, Portugal, by the British corvette HMS Stonecrop and the sloop HMS Black Swan.

A doggerel composed by Mohr on his way back from the US East Coast:

The moon night is as black as ink
Off Hatteras the tankers sink
While sadly Roosevelt counts the score
some fifty thousand tons. Mohr

Patrol info for Johann Mohr

	U-boat	Departure		Arrival
1.	U-124	16 Sep 1941	Lorient	1 Oct 1941	Lorient	Patrol 1,	16 days
2.	U-124	30 Oct 1941	Lorient	29 Dec 1941	Lorient	Patrol 2,	61 days
3.	U-124	21 Feb 1942	Lorient	10 Apr 1942	Lorient	Patrol 3,	49 days
4.	U-124	4 May 1942	Lorient	26 Jun 1942	Lorient	Patrol 4,	54 days
5.	U-124	25 Nov 1942	Lorient	13 Feb 1943	Lorient	Patrol 5,	81 days
6.	U-124	27 Mar 1943	Lorient	2 Apr 1943	Sunk	Patrol 6,	7 days
6 patrols, 268 days at sea

Ships hit by Johann Mohr

Date	Boat	Name of ship	Tons	Nat.		Convoy	Fate *
20 Sep, 1941	U-124	Baltallinn	1,303		br	OG-74
20 Sep, 1941	U-124	Empire Moat	2,922		br	OG-74
25 Sep, 1941	U-124	Empire Stream	2,922		br	HG-73
26 Sep, 1941	U-124	Cervantes	1,810		br	HG-73
26 Sep, 1941	U-124	Lapwing	1,348		br	HG-73
26 Sep, 1941	U-124	Petrel	1,354		br	HG-73
24 Nov, 1941	U-124	HMS Dunedin (D 93)	4,850		br
3 Dec, 1941	U-124	Sagadahoc	6,275		am

14 Mar, 1942	U-124	British Resource	7,209		br
17 Mar, 1942	U-124	Acme	6,878		am		damaged
17 Mar, 1942	U-124	Ceiba	1,698		ho
18 Mar, 1942	U-124	E.M. Clark	9,647		am
18 Mar, 1942	U-124	Kassandra Louloudis	5,106		gr
19 Mar, 1942	U-124	Papoose	5,939		am
19 Mar, 1942	U-124	W.E. Hutton	7,076		am
21 Mar, 1942	U-124	Atlantic Sun	11,355		am		damaged
21 Mar, 1942	U-124	Esso Nashville	7,934		am		damaged
23 Mar, 1942	U-124	Naeco	5,373		am
12 May, 1942	U-124	Cristales	5,389		br	ONS-92
12 May, 1942	U-124	Empire Dell	7,065		br	ONS-92
12 May, 1942	U-124	Llanover	4,959		br	ONS-92
12 May, 1942	U-124	Mount Parnes	4,371		gr	ONS-92
9 Jun, 1942	U-124	FFL Mimosa (J 6254)	925		fr	ONS-100
12 Jun, 1942	U-124	Dartford	4,093		br	ONS-100
18 Jun, 1942	U-124	Seattle Spirit	5,627		am	ONS-102
28 Dec, 1942	U-124	Treworlas	4,692		br

9 Jan, 1943	U-124	Birmingham City	6,194		am	TB-1
9 Jan, 1943	U-124	Broad Arrow	7,718		am	TB-1
9 Jan, 1943	U-124	Collingsworth	5,101		am	TB-1
9 Jan, 1943	U-124	Minotaur	4,554		am	TB-1
2 Apr, 1943	U-124	Gogra	5,190		br	OS-45
2 Apr, 1943	U-124	Katha	4,357		br	OS-45
			161,234
* Unless otherwise noted the ships listed here were sunk.