U-Boat Operations

U-619	Type VIIC
Feldpost Number	M 00 375
Construction Yard	Blohm und Voß, Hamburg
Yard Number	595
Ordered	15th Aug 1940
Keel laid	19th Jun 1941
Launched	9th Mar 1942
Commissioned	23rd Apr 1942
Baubelehrung	Kriegsschiffbaulehrabteilung für Unterseeboote Nordsee, Bremen / 8.KLA, Hamburg
Training, Flotillas and Duties
04.42 - 09.42	5.U-Flottille, Kiel Ausbildungsboot (under training)
09.42 - 10.42	3.U-Flottille, La Pallice Frontboot (operational)
Commanders
04.42 - 10.42	OL Kurt Makowski see also: U-78

Operations information for U-619

10.09.1942 - 05.10.1942
First Sailing - active patrol
U-619 left Kiel under the command of Kurt Makowski on 10th Sep 1942. U-619 was lost on 5th Oct 1942.
Kurt Makowski hit two ships on this patrol and both of them were in convoy: One was from convoy ON-131 and one was from convoy RB-1.

On 24th Sep 1942 he sank the American 7,176 ton John Winthrop, sailing with convoy ON-131.
On 26th Sep 1942 he sank the British 1,547 ton Yorktown, a member of convoy RB-1.

Notes for U-619

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2 relevant ships here:

JOHN WINTHROP

YORKTOWN

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