Kurt Baberg

Kapitänleutnant (Crew 36)

Successes
3 ships sunk, total tonnage 15,788 GRT

Born	23 Feb 1917		Duisburg-Ruhrort
Died	31 Mar 2003	(86)

Ranks

3 Apr 1936		Offiziersanwärter
10 Sep 1936		Seekadett
1 May 1937		Fähnrich zur See
1 Jul 1938		Oberfähnrich zur See
1 Oct 1938		Leutnant zur See
1 Oct 1940		Oberleutnant zur See
1 Sep 1943		Kapitänleutnant

Decorations

1940		Iron Cross 2nd Class
1 Sep 1941		U-boat War Badge 1939
1943		Iron Cross 1st Class
14 Jan 1944		German Cross in Gold

U-boat Commands

U-boat	From	To
U-30	23 Apr 1941	9 Mar 1942	No war patrols
U-618	16 Apr 1942	15 Apr 1944	6 patrols (380 days)
U-827	26 Apr 1945	5 May 1945	No war patrols

Crew of 1936

Kurt Baberg was one of the Kriegsmarine's famous Olympia Crew. This Crew chose the Olympic rings as their symbol (the 1936 Olympic games were held in Berlin). It was the largest Crew, and produced more U-boat commanders than any other – of the 164 who 'graduated', 140 took command during the war.

Patrol info for Kurt Baberg

	U-boat	Departure		Arrival
1.	U-618	1 Sep 1942	Kiel	28 Oct 1942	St. Nazaire	Patrol 1,	58 days
2.	U-618	25 Nov 1942	St. Nazaire	18 Jan 1943	St. Nazaire	Patrol 2,	55 days
3.	U-618	21 Feb 1943	St. Nazaire	7 May 1943	St. Nazaire	Patrol 3,	76 days
4.	U-618	8 Jun 1943	St. Nazaire	5 Sep 1943	St. Nazaire	Patrol 4,	90 days
5.	U-618	11 Nov 1943	St. Nazaire	4 Jan 1944	Lorient	Patrol 5,	55 days
6.	U-618	23 Feb 1944	Lorient	8 Apr 1944	St. Nazaire	Patrol 6,	46 days
6 patrols, 380 days at sea

Ships hit by Kurt Baberg

Date	U-boat	Name of ship	Tons		Convoy
14 Oct 1942	U-618	Empire Mersey	5,791	br	SC-104
18 Oct 1942	U-618	Angelina	4,772	am	ON-137

2 Jul 1943	U-618	Empire Kohinoor	5,225	br
			15,788
3 ships sunk (15,788 tons). Legend We have a picture of this vessel.