Dieter Beck

Kapitänleutnant (Crew 34)

No ships sunk or damaged.

Born

7 May 1915

Ravensburg/Württemburg

Kriegsmarine Crew photo

Ranks

8 Apr 1934		Offiziersanwärter
1 Jul 1935		Fähnrich der Marinewaffenwesen
1 Jan 1937		Oberfähnrich der Marinewaffenwesen
1 Apr 1937		Leutnant des Marinewaffenwesens
1 Apr 1939		Oberleutnant des Marinewaffenwesens
1 Nov 1941		Kapitänleutnant

Decorations

1941		Iron Cross 2nd Class
1942		Fleet War Badge

U-boat Commands

U-boat	From	To

This man did not actually take official command of a U-boat but he had gone through all the motions (training, experience etc.) of commanding one.

Dieter Beck was a Waffenoffizier (Artillery) and served on the cruisers NÜRNBERG and PRINZ EUGEN until 1943 when he was switched to the U-boat branch (Rust, 2009).

He was slated to command the new type XXI boat U 3051 but the boat was not finished before the war ended (Rust, 2009).

After the war Beck became an architect in his hometown of Ravensburg in Württemberg (Rust, 2009).

At the time of this writing, Jan 2009, Beck may still be alive (Rust, 2009).

Sources

Busch, R. and Röll, H-J. (1998). German U-boat commanders of World War II.
Rust, E. (2009) E-mail correspondence. Author of Naval Officers under Hitler.

Patrol info for Dieter Beck

This commander did not go out on patrols with his boats.

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.