The Men - The Commander listing

Herbert A. Werner

Oberleutnant zur See (Crew XII/39)

No ships sunk or damaged.

Born

13 May 1920

Freiburg, Bresgau

Ltn. Werner on board the U-230

Ranks

1 Dec 1939	Offiziersanwärter
1 Nov 1940	Fähnrich zur See
1 Nov 1941	Oberfähnrich zur See
1 Apr 1942	Leutnant zur See
1 Dec 1943	Oberleutnant zur See

Decorations

1940	Minesweeper War Badge
20 Sep 1941	U-boat War Badge 1939
1943	Iron Cross 2nd Class
18 Dec 1943	Iron Cross 1st Class

U-boat Commands

U-boat	From	To
U-415	17 Apr 1944	14 Jul 1944	2 patrols (6 days)
U-953	Aug, 1944	Apr, 1945	3 patrols (94 days)

Personal information

Herbert A. Werner on board Oblt. Herbert A. Werner is most famous for writing the excellent book Iron Coffins, in which he describes his life on U-boats during World War II. He is still alive at the time of this writing and lives in the US.

Patrol info for Herbert A. Werner

	U-boat	Departure		Arrival
1.	U-415	6 Jun 1944	Brest	8 Jun 1944	Brest	Patrol 1,	3 days
2.	U-415	11 Jul 1944	Brest	13 Jul 1944	Brest	Patrol 2,	3 days
3.	U-953	10 Aug 1944	Brest	11 Aug 1944	Brest	Patrol 3,	2 days
4.	U-953	12 Aug 1944	Brest	19 Aug 1944	La Pallice	Patrol 3,	8 days
5.	U-953	31 Aug 1944	La Pallice	11 Oct 1944	Bergen	Patrol 4,	42 days
6.	U-953	16 Oct 1944	Bergen	25 Oct 1944	Flensburg		10 days
7.	U-953	4 Feb 1945	Kiel	9 Feb 1945	Kristiansand		6 days
8.	U-953	12 Feb 1945	Kristiansand	15 Feb 1945	Bergen		4 days
9.	U-953	21 Feb 1945	Bergen	3 Apr 1945	Bergen	Patrol 5,	42 days
10.	U-953	6 Apr 1945	Bergen	9 Apr 1945	Trondheim		4 days
5 patrols, 100 days at sea