(Photo courtesy of Gareth Collins)
Konteradmiral Otto Klüber
Born: 19 Jan 1895 in Allersdorf, Silesia (Schlesien)
Died: 27 Aug 1953 in Bad Homburg on the Höhe
Promotions:
Fähnrich zur See (03 Apr 1914); Leutnant zur See (18 Sep 1915); Oberleutnant zur See (07 Jan 1920); Kapitänleutnant (01 Oct 1924); Korvettenkapitän (01 Apr 1932); Fregattenkapitän (01 Oct 1936); Kapitän zur See (01 Apr 1938); Konteradmiral (01 Apr 1942)
Career:
Entered the Navy as a Seekadett at Basic-Training and On Board the Heavy Cruiser ‘Vineta’ (01 Apr 1913-31 Mar 1914)
Naval-School Mürwik (01 Apr 1914-31 Jul 1914)
Transferred into the VIII. Sea-Defence-Battalion (06 Aug 1914-20 Aug 1914)
On Board the Liner ‘Helgoland’ (22 Aug 1914-02 Nov 1914)
On ‘V 157’, ‘G 41’ and ‘G 37’ with the 12th Torpedo-Boat-Half-Flotilla (03 Nov 1914-24 Sep 1915)
Course on the Heavy Cruiser ‘Kaiserin Augusta’ (25 Sep 1915-06 Nov 1915)
Watch-Officer with the 12th Torpedo-Boat-Half-Flotilla (07 Nov 1915-31 Jul 1918)
Naval-School Mürwik (01 Aug 1914-20 Sep 1918)
Watch-Officer with the 12th Torpedo-Boat-Half-Flotilla (21 Sep 1918-21 Nov 1918)
Commandant of the Torpedo-Boat ‘S 19’ with the 12th Torpedo-Boat-Half-Flotilla (22 Nov 1918-21 Jun 1919)
In Captivity (22 Jun 1919-31 Jan 1920)
Released and Granted Leave (01 Feb 1920-14 May 1920)
Company-Officer with the II. Naval-Brigade then with the Ships-Cadre-Division of the North Sea (15 May 1920-04 Jul 1920)
Course at the Minesweeper-Experiment-Command (05 Jul 1920-26 Jul 1920)
Commandant of the Minesweeper ‘M 104’ with the 7th Half-Flotilla (27 Jul 1920-31 Aug 1921)
Placed to the Disposal of the Commander of Security Forces of the North Sea (01 Sep 1921-30 Sep 1921)
Naval-Signals-Officer Kiel (01 Oct 1921-28 Feb 1923)
Instructor as the Ship-Artillery-School and Commandant of the Artillery-School-Boat ‘Delphin’ (01 Mar 1923-24 Sep 1925)
Commandant of the Torpedo-Boat ‘T 139’ with the 2nd Torpedo-Boat-Half-Flotilla (25 Sep 1925-07 Feb 1927)
Commandant of the Torpedo-Boat ‘T 153’ with the 2nd Torpedo-Boat-Half-Flotilla (13 Feb 1927-05 Oct 1927)
Subsidiary-Leadership-Course (06 Oct 1927-23 Mar 1929)
Naval-Signals-Officer Swinemünde and Stolpmünde (24 Mar 1929-14 Jul 1929)
Admiral-Staff-Officer with the Staff of the Commander of Sea Forces of the Baltic Sea (15 Jul 1929-31 Dec 1929)
Admiral-Staff-Officer with the Staff of the Commander of the Reconnaissance-Force (01 Jan 1930-29 Sep 1932)
Artillery-Officer on the Cruiser ‘Emden’ (30 Sep 1932-16 Jan 1933)
At the same time, Familiarisation-Instruction ‘Deutschland’, Naval-Arsenal Kiel (21 Nov 1932-03 Dec 1932)
Familiarisation-Instruction ‘Deutschland’, Naval-Arsenal Kiel (17 Jan 1933-31 Mar 1933)
1st Artillery-Officer on the Armoured-Ship ‘Deutschland’ (01 Apr 1933-22 Sep 1935)
1st Admiral-Staff-Officer with the Staff of the Commander of Liners then Armoured-Ships (23 Sep 1935-26 Sep 1937)
2nd Admiral-Staff-Officer, Fleet Command (27 Aug 1937-12 Sep 1938)
Placed to the Disposal of the Commanding Admiral of the Naval-Station of the North Sea (13 Sep 1938-23 Nov 1938)
Commandant of the Light Cruiser ‘Nürnberg’ (24 Nov 1938-07 Aug 1940)
Chief Of Staff Naval-Group-Command North (20 Aug 1940-27 Aug 1942)
Admiral Northern Waters (00 Sep 1942-14 Mar 1944)
Chief of the Office-Group for Provisions, Administration and Supplies of Artillery Weapons and Munitions, Smoke and Gas Equipment, Artillery-Arsenals with the Kriegsmarine Armaments, OKM (17 Apr 1944-20 Apr 1945)
In Captivity (20 Apr 1945-06 Feb 1947)
In Internment (06 Feb 1947-19 Mar 1948)
Released (19 Mar 1948)

Decorations & Awards:
Deutsches Kreuz in Gold (20 Nov 1941)


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