Jürgen Oesten

Jürgen Oesten
Born(1913-10-24)24 October 1913
Grunewald, Berlin, Germany
Died5 August 2010(2010-08-05) (aged 96)
Hamburg, Germany
Allegiance Nazi Germany
Branch Kriegsmarine
Years of service1933–45
RankKorvettenkapitän
UnitSSS Gorch Fock
Karlsruhe
Admiral Graf Spee
U-20
CommandsU-61
U-106
U-861
Battles / warsSpanish Civil War

World War II

AwardsKnight's Cross of the Iron Cross

Jürgen Oesten (24 October 1913 – 5 August 2010) was a Korvettenkapitän in the Kriegsmarine during World War II. He commanded the U-boats U-61 and U-106, and then served as a staff officer before returning to command U-861. He sank nineteen ships for a total of 101,744 gross register tons (GRT), and damaged four others for 51,668 GRT;