Werner Sausmikat

Kapitänleutnant (Crew 37b)

No ships sunk or damaged.

Born	7 Oct 1917		Günthen
Died	8 Apr 1945	(27)	North Atlantic

Kriegsmarine Crew photo

Ranks

9 Oct 1937		Offiziersanwärter
28 Jun 1938		Seekadett
1 Apr 1939		Fähnrich zur See
1 Mar 1940		Oberfähnrich zur See
1 May 1940		Leutnant zur See
1 Apr 1942		Oberleutnant zur See
1 Jan 1945		Kapitänleutnant

U-boat Commands

U-boat	From	To
U-56	28 Feb 1944	30 Jun 1944	No war patrols
U-1103	3 Jul 1944	8 Oct 1944	No war patrols
U-774	9 Oct 1944	8 Apr 1945 (+)	1 patrol (26 days)

Patrol info for Werner Sausmikat

	U-boat	Departure		Arrival
1.	U-774	1 Mar 1945	Kiel	13 Mar 1945	Bergen		13 days
2.	U-774	14 Mar 1945	Bergen	8 Apr 1945	Sunk	Patrol 1,	26 days

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.