Hermann Stuckmann

Oberleutnant zur See (Crew X/39)

Successes
1 auxiliary warship sunk, total tonnage 2,938 GRT
1 ship damaged, total tonnage 10,048 GRT
1 warship damaged, total tonnage 1,625 tons

Born	2 Jan 1921		Wuppertal-Barmen
Died	18 Aug 1944	(23)	Bay of Biscay

Hermann Stuckmann

Ranks

16 Sep 1939		Offiziersanwärter
1 Feb 1940		Seekadett
1 Jul 1940		Fähnrich zur See
1 Jul 1941		Oberfähnrich zur See
1 Mar 1942		Leutnant zur See
1 Oct 1943		Oberleutnant zur See

Decorations

15 May 1942		Iron Cross 2nd Class
15 May 1942		U-boat War Badge 1939
18 Nov 1942		Iron Cross 1st Class
11 Aug 1944		Knights Cross

U-boat Commands

U-boat	From	To
U-316	5 Aug 1943	4 May 1944	No war patrols
U-621	15 May 1944	18 Aug 1944 (+)	3 patrols (52 days)

Hermann Stuckmann began his naval career shortly after the start of the war, in September 1939. He got his basic training on the school ship Schleswig Holstein and took part in the occupation of Denmark in April 1940. In July 1941 he was attached to the U-boat force and served as watch officer for more than a year on U-571 under the command of Kptlt. Helmut Möhlmann.

He left U-571 in May 1943 and three months later commissioned the type VIIC boat U-316, which he commanded until May 1944 as a school boat in the Baltic Sea. In May 1944 he took command of the combat boat U-621 and fought in summer 1944 against the Allied landing ships in the English Channel. During these patrols he sank two landing ships.

Hermann Stuckmann died when U-621 was sunk with all hands on 18 August, 1944 in the Bay of Biscay near La Rochelle by depth charges from Canadian destroyers (Niestlé, 1998).

Sources

Busch, R. and Röll, H-J. (1999). German U-boat commanders of World War II.
Busch, R. and Röll, H-J. (1997). Der U-Bootkrieg 1939-1945 (Band 2).
Niestlé, A. (1998). German U-boat losses during World War II.
Rohwer, J. (1998). Axis Submarine Successes of World War Two.

Patrol info for Hermann Stuckmann

	U-boat	Departure		Arrival
1.	U-621	6 Jun 1944	Brest	23 Jun 1944	Brest	Patrol 1,	18 days
2.	U-621	15 Jul 1944	Brest	11 Aug 1944	Brest	Patrol 2,	28 days
3.	U-621	13 Aug 1944	Brest	18 Aug 1944	Sunk	Patrol 3,	6 days
3 patrols, 52 days at sea

Ships hit by Hermann Stuckmann

Date	U-boat	Name of ship	Tons		Convoy
15 Jun 1944	U-621	USS LST-133 (d.)	1,625	am	EPL-8
29 Jul 1944	U-621	HMS Prince Leopold	2,938	br
30 Jul 1944	U-621	Ascanius (d.)	10,048	br	EBC-54
			14,611
1 ship sunk (2,938 tons) and 2 ships damaged (11,673 tons). Legend We have a picture of this vessel. (d.) means the ship was damaged.

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.