Crew 38
| The crew started with 626 officer cadets and was called the "Grossdeutschland Crew", but also nicknamed the "Gangster-Crew" for some outstanding pranks on the Naval school Mürwik.
161 crewmembers died on U-boats during the war. |
The following men were from Crew 38. Click on any of the names for a full profile page on that commander.
| | Rank | Commander | Commands |
  | Oblt. | Altmeier, Friedrich | U-1227, U-155 |
| | Oblt. (R) | Baden, Hans-Heinrich + | U-955 |
| | Oblt. | Balduhn, Ernst-Ludwig | U-1163 |
| | Oblt. | Baltz, Rudolf | U-603 |
| | Oblt. | Blischke, Heinz + | U-744 |
| | Oblt. (R) | Block, Helmut + | U-771 |
| | Oblt. | Bremen, Hanskurt von | U-764 |
| | Oblt. | Brünig, Matthias | U-108, U-3038 |
| | Oblt. | Buscher, Hans | U-1307 |
| | Oblt. (R) | Christiansen, Helmuth | U-1305 |
| | Oblt. | Christiansen, Uwe | U-28, U-71, U-2508, U-2365 |
| | Oblt. | Dahlhaus, Eberhard + | U-634 |
| | Oblt. | Deiring, Hugo | U-56, U-3503 |
| | Oblt. | Dobberstein, Erich + | U-988 |
| | Oblt. | Drescher, Günther | U-3026 |
| | Oblt. | Duppel, Martin | U-959 |
| | Oblt. (R) | Eberlein, Otto + | U-1020 |
| | Oblt. | Ehrhardt, Walther | U-1016, U-637 |
| | Oblt. | Erdmann, Dieter | U-555, U-904 |
| | Oblt. | Feufel, Karl-Heinrich | U-1301, U-2529 |
| | Oblt. | Fiebig, Günther | U-1131 |
| | Oblt. | Fischer, Klaus + | U-961 |
| | Oblt. | Friedland, Klaus | U-310 |
| | Oblt. | Förster, Hans-Joachim + | U-348, U-479, U-480 |
| | Oblt. | Geisler, Hans-Ferdinand | U-152, U-21, U-3006 |
| | Oblt. | Gessner, Hans | U-1008 |
| | Oblt. | Grau, Peter + | U-1191 |
| | Oblt. | Grote, Heinrich | U-3516 |
| | Oblt. | Gudenus, Carl-Gabriel Graf von | U-427 |
| | Oblt. | Hansen, Hans-Johann | |
| | Oblt. | Hein, Fritz + | U-300 |
| | Oblt. | Heinrich, Günther | U-960 |
| | Oblt. | Herglotz, Helmut | U-2, U-290, U-1303 |
| | Oblt. | Herrmann, Werner | U-2510 |
| | Oblt. | Heusinger von Waldegg, Burkhard + | U-198 |
| | Oblt. | Hilbig, Kurt | U-993, U-3526 |
| | Oblt. | Hoffmann, Erich-Michael + | U-738 |
| | Oblt. | Holleben, Heinrich von + | U-1051 |
| | Oblt. (R) | Homann, Hans | U-1165 |
| | Oblt. | Hungershausen, Walter + | U-280 |
| | Oblt. | Hübschen, Otto | U-7, U-60, U-121, U-145, U-2501, U-2542 |
| | Oblt. | Hülsenbeck, Ewald + | U-146, U-121, U-1209 |
| | Oblt. | Isermeyer, Hans-Adolf | U-80 |
| | Oblt. | Jenssen, Karl-Joachim + | U-477 |
| | Oblt. | Jeschonnek, Wolf | U-607 |
| | Oblt. | Jewinski, Erich + | U-46, U-747, U-1192, U-2539 |
| | Oblt. | John, Alfred | U-828 |
| | Oblt. | Kaiser, Karl-Ernst + | U-986 |
| | Oblt. | Kandzior, Helmut + | U-333, U-743 |
| | Oblt. | Keller, Graf Alexander von + | U-731 |
| | Oblt. | Knackfuß, Ulrich + | U-345, U-821 |
| | Oblt. | Koch, Walter-Bruno | U-1132 |
| | Oblt. | Koch, Walter-Ernst | U-712, U-975, U-3530 |
| | Oblt. | Kolbus, Hans | U-421, U-596, U-407 |
| | Oblt. | Kregelin, Ludo | U-60, U-38, U-236, U-3003 |
| | Oblt. | Kuhlmann, Jürgen + | U-1172 |
| | Oblt. (R) | Langenberg, Bruno + | U-366 |
| | Oblt. | Lawrence, Peter | U-328, U-2328 |
| | Oblt. (R) | Lehmann, Hans | U-997 |
| | Oblt. | Leisten, Arno + | U-346 |
| | Oblt. | Leupold, Günter | U-1059 |
| | Oblt. | Ley, Wolfgang | U-61, U-310 |
| | Oblt. | Linder, Gerhard | U-579, U-2515, U-3006 |
| | Oblt. | Loeder, Herbert + | U-967, U-309 |
| | Oblt. | Lüders, Günter + | U-424 |
| | Oblt. | Lührs, Dierk | U-453 |
| | Oblt. | Mahrholz, Hans-Gert | U-309 |
| | Oblt. | Mangels, Hinrich + | U-1200 |
| | Oblt. | Marienfeld, Friedrich-Wilhelm | U-4, U-1228 |
| | Oblt. | Markert, Albrecht | U-140 |
| | Oblt. | Matschulat, Gerhard + | U-247 |
| | Oblt. (R) | Meentzen, Bernhard | U-1272, U-3016 |
| | Oblt. | Meyer, Rudolf + | U-1055 |
| | Oblt. | Muhs, Harald + | U-674 |
| | Oblt. | Murl, Heinz | U-103 |
| | Oblt. | Müller-Koelbl, Harro | |
| | Oblt. | Neumann, Hermann | |
| | Oblt. | Niethmann, Otto | U-6, U-476, U-3507 |
| | Oblt. | Pahl, Hans-Walter | U-2331, U-2327, U-2369 |
| | Oblt. | Palmgren, Gerhard + | U-741 |
| | Oblt. (R) | Pancke, Karl-Wilhelm | U-242 |
| | Oblt. | Petran, Friedrich | U-516 |
| | Oblt. | Poeschel, Wolfgang + | U-737, U-422 |
| | Oblt. | Raabe, Karl-Heinz | U-1161, U-1007 |
| | Oblt. | Racky, Ernst-August | U-52, U-429, U-3019 |
| | Oblt. | Rahn, Hermann + | U-5 |
| | Oblt. | Rahn, Wolfgang + | U-343 |
| | Kptlt. | Rasch, Karl-Heinz + | U-296 |
| | Oblt. | Reisener, Wolfgang | U-608 |
| | Oblt. (R) | Riesen, Friedrich von | U-1109 |
| | Oblt. | Riesen, Rolf + | U-180 |
| | Oblt. | Rogowsky, Peter + | U-866 |
| | Oblt. | Roth, Götz | U-351, U-748, U-1232, U-368 |
| | Oblt. | Rothkirch und Panthen, Siegfried von | U-717 |
| | Oblt. | Saar, Franz + | U-46, U-555, U-30, U-957 |
| | Oblt. (R) | Sach, Heinrich | U-3031 |
| | Oblt. | Sass, Paul-Heinrich + | U-364 |
| | Oblt. | Scherraus, Ekkehard | U-68, U-1225 |
| | Oblt. | Schild, Hans-Jürg | U-924 |
| | Oblt. (R) | Scholle, Hans-Ulrich | U-2328, U-328 |
| | Oblt. | Scholz, Günther | U-284, UD-2, U-1052 |
| | Oblt. | Schultz, Hermann | U-150, U-3502 |
| | Oblt. | Schunck, Hans-Norbert | U-348, U-103, U-369 |
| | Oblt. | Schwarz, Hans-Joachim | U-1105 |
| | Oblt. | Sieder, Heinz + | U-984 |
| | Oblt. (R) | Stahl, Peter-Arthur + | U-648 |
| | Oblt. | Steinbrink, Erich | U-1203, U-293, U-953 |
| | Oblt. (R) | Stolzenburg, Gottfried | U-11, U-554, U-2543 |
| | Oblt. | Sues, Peter + | U-388 |
| | Oblt. | Taschenmacher, Erich | U-775 |
| | Oblt. | Voigt, Horst | U-1006 |
| | Oblt. | Vöge, Ulrich | U-239, U-2536 |
| | Oblt. | Weitz, Friedrich + | U-959 |
| | Oblt. | Wendt, Karl-Heinz + | U-1276 |
| | Oblt. (R) | Wendt, Werner | U-765 |
| | Oblt. (R) | Werner, Alfred + | U-8, U-921 |
| | Oblt. | Westphalen, Otto | U-121, U-968 |
| | Oblt. | Wieduwilt, Helmut | U-718, U-262 |
| | Oblt. (R) | Wilberg, Ernst + | U-666 |
| | Oblt. | Willner, Horst | U-58, U-96, U-3505, U-3034 |
| | Oblt. | Wysk, Gerhard + | U-322 |
| | Oblt. | Zeissler, Herbert | U-1192, U-140, U-1194 |
| | Oblt. | Zoller, Herbert | U-3, U-315 |
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123 men from Crew 38 located.
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