Carl Emmermann

Korvettenkapitän (Crew 34)

Successes
26 ships sunk, total tonnage 152,080 GRT

Born	6 Mar 1915		Hamburg
Died	25 Mar 1990	(75)	Ahrensburg near Hamburg, Germany

Kapitänleutnant Carl Emmermann

Ranks

8 Apr 1934		Offiziersanwärter
1 Jul 1935		Fähnrich zur See
1 Jan 1937		Oberfähnrich zur See
1 Apr 1937		Leutnant zur See
1 Apr 1939		Oberleutnant zur See
1 Oct 1941		Kapitänleutnant
1 Dec 1944		Korvettenkapitän

Decorations

19 Mar 1941		Iron Cross 2nd Class
2 Aug 1941		Iron Cross 1st Class
2 Aug 1941		U-boat War Badge 1939
27 Nov 1942		Knights Cross
4 Jul 1943		Knights Cross with Oak Leaves
1 Oct 1943		U-boat War Badge with Diamonds
1 Sep 1944		War Merit Cross 2nd Class with Swords
1 Oct 1944		U-boat Front Clasp

U-boat Commands

U-boat	From	To
U-172	5 Nov 1941	31 Oct 1943	5 patrols (373 days)
U-3037	3 Mar 1945	22 Apr 1945	No war patrols

Carl Emmermann began his naval career in 1934. For some years he was training officer on the Marineschule Mürwik, where future officers got their training. In 1939 he joined the U-boat force and in November 1940 became the I WO on U-A (built for Turkey) under the command of Hans Eckermann. On her first patrol U-A only damaged the British steamer Empire Attendant of 7,524 tons.

In November 1941 Emmermann took over his own boat, U-172. He completed five patrols with this boat, in the Caribbean, with the wolfpack Eisbär in South African waters, and in the North and South Atlantic.

His greatest success was the sinking of the British liner-troopship Orcades of 23,456 tons. His fifth patrol with U-172 was dramatic, in that the boat brought back half the crew of U-604 which had been so heavily damaged during two air attacks that she had to be scuttled.

After that patrol Emmermann became the commander of the 6th Flotilla in St. Nazaire, France in November of 1943.

In August 1944 Emmermann became the chief of the "Erprobungsgruppe Typ XXIII". There in late 1944 he wrote the battle instructions for the new Elektro Boat type type XXIII Elektro U-boat. In March 1945 he was commander of U-3037 for one month, and in the last month of the war he commanded the 31st (Training) Flotilla in Hamburg. Along with some other U-boat men he took part in infantry duty around Hamburg as Commander of "Marine-Batallion Emmermann".

Sources

Busch, R. and Röll, H-J. (1998). German U-boat commanders of World War II.

Patrol info for Carl Emmermann

	U-boat	Departure		Arrival
1.	U-172	22 Apr 1942	Kiel	3 May 1942	Lorient	Patrol 1,	12 days
2.	U-172	11 May 1942	Lorient	21 Jul 1942	Lorient	Patrol 2,	72 days
3.	U-172	19 Aug 1942	Lorient	27 Dec 1942	Lorient	Patrol 3,	131 days
4.	U-172	21 Feb 1943	Lorient	17 Apr 1943	Lorient	Patrol 4,	56 days
5.	U-172	29 May 1943	Lorient	7 Sep 1943	Lorient	Patrol 5,	102 days
5 patrols, 373 days at sea

Ships hit by Carl Emmermann

Date	U-boat	Name of ship	Tons		Convoy
27 May 1942	U-172	Athelknight	8,940	br	OS-28
3 Jun 1942	U-172	City of Alma	5,446	am
5 Jun 1942	U-172	Delfina	3,480	am
8 Jun 1942	U-172	Sicilien	1,654	am
14 Jun 1942	U-172	Lebore	8,289	am
15 Jun 1942	U-172	Bennestvet	2,438	nw
18 Jun 1942	U-172	Motorex	1,958	br
23 Jun 1942	U-172	Resolute	35	co
9 Jul 1942	U-172	Santa Rita	8,379	am
7 Oct 1942	U-172	Chickasaw City	6,196	am
7 Oct 1942	U-172	Firethorn	4,700	pa
8 Oct 1942	U-172	Pantelis	3,845	gr
10 Oct 1942	U-172	Orcades	23,456	br
31 Oct 1942	U-172	Aldington Court	4,891	br	TRIN-16
2 Nov 1942	U-172	Llandilo	4,966	br
23 Nov 1942	U-172	Benlomond	6,630	br
28 Nov 1942	U-172	Alaskan	5,364	am

4 Mar 1943	U-172	City of Pretoria	8,049	br
6 Mar 1943	U-172	Thorstrand	3,041	nw
13 Mar 1943	U-172	Keystone	5,565	am	UGS-6
16 Mar 1943	U-172	Benjamin Harrison	7,191	am	UGS-6
29 Mar 1943	U-172	Moanda	4,621	be	RS-3
28 Jun 1943	U-172	Vernon City	4,748	br	OS-49
12 Jul 1943	U-172	African Star	6,507	am
15 Jul 1943	U-172	Harmonic	4,558	br
24 Jul 1943	U-172	Fort Chilcotin	7,133	br	JT-2
			152,080
26 ships sunk (152,080 tons). Legend We have a picture of this vessel.