Adolf Graef

Kapitänleutnant (Crew 36)

Successes
3 ships sunk, total tonnage 19,325 GRT

Born

22 Apr 1916

Flensburg

Ranks

3 Apr 1936		Offiziersanwärter
10 Sep 1936		Seekadett
1 May 1937		Fähnrich zur See
1 Jul 1938		Oberfähnrich zur See
1 Apr 1939		Leutnant zur See
1 Oct 1940		Oberleutnant zur See
1 Oct 1943		Kapitänleutnant

U-boat Commands

U-boat	From	To
U-664	17 Jun 1942	9 Aug 1943	5 patrols (167 days)

Adolf Graef joined the Kriegsmarine in 1936, and was part of the Olympia Crew. After serving in minesweepers, he commissioned U-664, commanding her until she was sunk in August 1943. He remained in Allied captivity until May 1946.

The young U-boat commander Adolf Graef did what many others could not at that point in the war; both survive over 160 days at sea and sink enemy shipping as well. 187 U-boats were lost during the time Graef was at sea, and his boat was the last of that number. Hard times had befallen the U-boats by 1943.

Patrol info for Adolf Graef

	U-boat	Departure		Arrival
1.	U-664	20 Oct 1942	Kiel	10 Nov 1942	Brest	Patrol 1,	22 days
2.	U-664	5 Dec 1942	Brest	13 Jan 1943	La Pallice	Patrol 2,	40 days
3.	U-664	14 Feb 1943	La Pallice	28 Mar 1943	Lorient	Patrol 3,	43 days
4.	U-664	29 Apr 1943	Lorient	9 Jun 1943	Brest	Patrol 4,	42 days
5.	U-664	21 Jul 1943	Brest	9 Aug 1943	Sunk	Patrol 5,	20 days
5 patrols, 167 days at sea

Ships hit by Adolf Graef

Date	U-boat	Name of ship	Tons		Convoy
16 Dec 1942	U-664	Emile Francqui	5,859	be	ON-153

21 Feb 1943	U-664	H.H. Rogers	8,807	pa	ONS-167
21 Feb 1943	U-664	Rosario	4,659	am	ONS-167
			19,325
3 ships sunk (19,325 tons). Legend We have a picture of this vessel.

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.