
Hermann Rasch
Kapitänleutnant (Crew 34)
| Successes 12 ships sunk for a total of 78.553 GRT 1 ship damaged for a total of 4.639 GRT 1 auxiliary warship damaged for a total of 8.246 GRT |
| Born | 26 Aug, 1914 | Wilhelmshaven |
| Died | 10 Jun, 1974 | Hamburg |
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Personal information
Hermann Rasch began his naval career in April 1934. In April 1940 he joined the U-boat force and after some months of training he became I WO on U-106 in September 1940. In July 1941 he left the U-boat to enter commander training. Three months later he took over U-106 from Kptlt. Jürgen Oesten.
In six patrols, mostly in the North and Western Atlantic, he sank 11 ships. On his second patrol he achieved notable success, in three days sinking two large ships of 10,354 and 15,355 tons. In April 1943 he left U-106.
For the next year he was an Asto (Admiral staff officer) in the OKM (Oberkommando der Kriegsmarine), and beginning in June 1944 he was the 4th Asto on the staff of BdU (BdU op). In October 1944 he became a commander in the KdK (Kommando der Kleinkampfverbände, Command of Midget Battle Units), where he was responsible for the midget U-boats (Seehund, Biber) until the end of the war.
He spent over a year in Allied captivity and then worked as a journalist in Hamburg, Berlin and Düsseldorf until his death in 1974.
Patrol info
| U-boat | Departure | Arrival | |||||
| 1. | U-106 | 21 Oct, 1941 | Lorient | 22 Nov, 1941 | Lorient | Patrol | 33 days |
| 2. | U-106 | 3 Jan, 1942 | Lorient | 22 Feb, 1942 | Lorient | Patrol | 51 days |
| 3. | U-106 | 15 Apr, 1942 | Lorient | 29 Jun, 1942 | Lorient | Patrol | 76 days |
| 4. | U-106 | 25 Jul, 1942 | Lorient | 28 Jul, 1942 | Lorient | Patrol | 4 days |
| 5. | U-106 | 22 Sep, 1942 | Lorient | 26 Dec, 1942 | Lorient | Patrol | 96 days |
| 6. | U-106 | 17 Feb, 1943 | Lorient | 4 Apr, 1943 | Lorient | Patrol | 47 days |
Ships hit by Hermann Rasch
| Date | Boat | Name of ship | Tons | Nat. | Convoy | Fate * | |
| 28 Oct, 1941 | U-106 | King Malcolm | 5.120 | | br | SC-50 | |
| 30 Oct, 1941 | U-106 | USS Salinas (AO 19) | 8.246 | | am | ON-28 | damaged |
| 24 Jan, 1942 | U-106 | Empire Wildebeeste | 5.631 | | br | ON-53 | |
| 26 Jan, 1942 | U-106 | Traveller | 3.963 | | br | ||
| 30 Jan, 1942 | U-106 | Rochester | 6.836 | | am | ||
| 3 Feb, 1942 | U-106 | Amerikaland | 15.355 | | sw | ||
| 6 Feb, 1942 | U-106 | Opawa | 10.354 | | br | ||
| 5 May, 1942 | U-106 | Lady Drake | 7.985 | | ca | ||
| 21 May, 1942 | U-106 | Faja de Oro | 6.067 | | me | ||
| 26 May, 1942 | U-106 | Carrabulle | 5.030 | | am | ||
| 27 May, 1942 | U-106 | Atenas | 4.639 | | am | damaged | |
| 28 May, 1942 | U-106 | Mentor | 7.383 | | br | ||
| 1 Jun, 1942 | U-106 | Hampton Roads | 2.689 | | am | ||
| 11 Oct, 1942 | U-106 | Waterton | 2.140 | | br | BS-31 | |
| 91.438 | |||||||
* Unless otherwise noted the ships listed here were sunk. | |||||||
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