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Carl Emmermann

Korvettenkapitän (Crew 34)

Successes
26 ships sunk for a total of 152,080 GRT

Born	6 Mar 1915		Hamburg
Died	25 Mar 1990	(75)

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 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

Personal information

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 XXIII. In March 1945 he was commander of U-3037 for one month, and in the last month of the war he commanded the 31st Flotilla in Hamburg. Along with some other U-boat men he took part in infantry duty around Hamburg as Commander of "Marine-Batallion Emmermann".

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	Boat	Name of ship	Tons	Nat.		Convoy	Fate *
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
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
* Unless otherwise noted the ships listed here were sunk.