Crew 37a

Crew 37a (normally it should have been called IV/37 indicating the April crew) was identified by this emblem.

Crew 37a started with 417 men and 115 of them became U-boat commanders.

Each new batch of candidates in the Kriegsmarine were known as "crews". Normally this was one crew a year. The second crew during 1937 was called Crew 37b (X/37).

Keywords: swords, ceremonial

7 U-boats displayed this emblem
U-152, U-225, U-419, U-472, U-539, U-596 and U-953.

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V

This emblem was the secondary emblem for the 24th flotilla. It appeared on a few U-boats.

Keywords: V, vee

8 U-boats displayed this emblem
U-24, U-28, U-30, U-151, U-152, U-554, U-560 and U-561.

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