Gerhard Kluth

Oberleutnant zur See (Crew 37b)

No ships sunk or damaged.

Born	31 Aug 1918		Dresden
Died	17 Jan 1944	(25)	North Atlantic

Ranks

9 Oct 1937		Offiziersanwärter
28 Jun 1938		Seekadett
1 Apr 1939		Fähnrich zur See
1 Mar 1940		Oberfähnrich zur See
1 May 1940		Leutnant zur See
1 Apr 1942		Oberleutnant zur See

U-boat Commands

U-boat	From	To
U-377	3 Aug 1943	17 Jan 1944 (+)	2 patrols (55 days)

Patrol info for Gerhard Kluth

	U-boat	Departure		Arrival
1.	U-377	26 Aug 1943	Brest	30 Aug 1943	Brest	Patrol 1,	5 days
2.	U-377	6 Sep 1943	Brest	7 Sep 1943	Brest	Patrol 1,	2 days
3.	U-377	9 Sep 1943	Brest	22 Sep 1943	at sea	Patrol 1,	14 days
4.	U-377	15 Dec 1943	Brest	17 Jan 1944	Sunk	Patrol 2,	34 days
2 patrols, 55 days at sea

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.