Submarine ace

A submarine ace (subsea ace, undersea ace, sub ace, U-boat ace) is a submarine commander who has sunk 100,000 tons or more in kills.

In World War I, U-boat commanders upon sinking 100,000 tons became U-boat aces. In World War II, U-boat commanders upon sinking 100,000 tons and becoming U-boat aces, were awarded the Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross (RK), under the points system instituted by Adolf Hitler. Those who exceeded 200,000 tons were eligible for the Knight's Cross to the Iron Cross with Oak Leaves

See also

• List of U-boat aces

References

Sources

• Washington Post, "War & Ambivalence; Captured U-boat captain Werner Henke was branded a war criminal and shot like a dog. So why is someone putting flowers on his grave?", Ken Ringle, 2001 April 22
• Challenge Publications, "The U-Boat Ace of Aces", Rear Admiral William H. Langenberg USN, 2004
• Naval Institute Press, "Battle of the Atlantic", Bernard Ireland, 2003
• Arbor House, "The U-boat Wars", Edwin Palmer Hoyt, 1984
• University of Michigan, "Business in Great Waters: The U-Boat Wars, 1916-1945", John Terraine, 1989
• Sidgwick and Jackson, "We captured a U-boat", Rear Admiral Daniel V. Gallery USN, 1957
• (German) "Grossadmiral Karl Dönitz: vom U-Boot-Kommandanten zum Staatsoberhaupt", Franz Kurowski, 1983
• (German) "Die deutschen Uboote 1906 bis 1945", Bodo Herzog, 1954

Further reading

• Naval Institute Press, "Wolf: U-Boat Commanders in World War II", Jordan Vause, 1987, ISBN 1-55750-874-7
• Naval Institute Press, "Silent Hunters: German U-Boat Commanders of World War II", Theodore P. Savas, 2003, ISBN 1-59114-817-0
• Naval Institute Press, "First U-Boat Flotilla", Lawrence Paterson, 2002, ISBN 1-55750-295-1
• Naval Institute Press, "Second U-Boat Flotilla", Lawrence Paterson, 2003, ISBN 0-85052-917-4
• Naval Institute Press, "U-Boat Ace: The Story of Wolfgang Lüth", Jordan Vause, 2001, ISBN 1-55750-863-1

External links

• Diver Magazine, HMS Moldavia (accessed 20 April 2009)