(Photo courtesy of Gareth Collins)
Konteradmiral (Ing.) Dipl.Ing. Waldemar Kober
Born: 14 Dec 1898 in Berlin
Died: 03 Oct 1955 in Hamburg
Promotions:
Marineingenieurapplikant (30 Aug 1917); Marineingenieuroberapplikant (01 Mar 1920); Fähnrich (Ing.) (13 Nov 1920); Leutnant (Ing.) (08 Apr 1921); Oberleutnant (Ing.) (01 Sep 1923); Kapitänleutnant (Ing.) (01 Apr 1929); Korvettenkapitän (Ing.) (01 Jan 1935); Fregattenkapitän (Ing.) (01 Oct 1938); Kapitän zur See (01 Apr 1940); Konteradmiral (Ing.) (01 Feb 1944)
Career:
Entered the Navy as a Marineingenieuranwärter and Detached to Shipyard AG ‘Weser’ (01 Oct 1914-30 Sep 1916)
With the II. Shipyard-Division (01 Oct 1916-03 Jan 1917)
On Board the Heavy Cruiser ‘Fürst Bismarck’ (04 Jan 1917-14 Apr 1917)
On Board the Liner ‘Zähringen’ (15 Apr 1917-09 Jun 1917)
On Board the Heavy Cruiser ‘Fürst Bismarck’ (10 Jun 1917-25 Aug 1917)
With the I. Shipyard-Division (26 Aug 1917-14 Sep 1917)
On Board the Liner ‘Markgraf’ (15 Sep 1917-29 Aug 1918)
Submarine-Training at the Submarine-School (01 Oct 1918-18 Nov 1918)
With the I. Shipyard-Division (19 Nov 1918-04 Jan 1919)
With the 8th Hussar-Regiment (05 Jan 1919-25 Jan 1919)
With the Technical Battalion, Berlin (26 Jan 1919-26 Sep 1919)
Attended Naval-School in Kiel (27 Sep 1919-20 Mar 1920)
With the III. Naval-Brigade (21 Mar 1920-31 May 1920)
With the Ships-Cadre-Detachment of the Baltic Sea (01 Jun 1920-30 Jun 1920)
Attended Naval-School in Kiel (01 Jul 1920-31 Dec 1921)
Watch-Engineer on the Liner ‘Hannover’ (01 Jan 1922-07 Jun 1922)
Motor-Vehicle-Officer with the Coastal-Defence-Battalion V (08 Jun 1922-04 Apr 1924)
Chief Engineer on the Torpedo-Boat ‘T 144’ (05 Apr 1924-09 Oct 1925)
Detached to the Technical College Berlin (10 Oct 1925-30 Jun 1929)
Construction-Indoctrination on ‘Karlsruhe’ (01 Jul 1929-01 Sep 1929)
Company-Officer in the I. Battalion of the Ships-Cadre-Division of the Baltic Sea and Crew-Cadre of ‘Karlsruhe’ (02 Sep 1929-05 Nov 1929)
Watch-Engineer on the Cruiser ‘Karlsruhe’ (06 Nov 1929-07 Jan 1931)
Construction-Indoctrination on ‘Leipzig’ (08 Jan 1931-07 Oct 1931)
Electrical-Engineer on the Cruiser ‘Leipzig’ (08 Oct 1931-23 Sep 1932)
Instructor for Electro-Technology at the Naval-School Kiel (24 Sep 1932-03 Oct 1934)
Construction-Indoctrination on ‘Nürnberg’ (04 Oct 1934-01 Nov 1935)
Chief Engineer on the Cruiser ‘Nürnberg’ (02 Nov 1935-26 May 1937)
Advisor in the Military Department for Ship-Machine-Operations, OKM (27 May 1937-06 Nov 1939)
Formation-Engineer with the Staff of the Commander of Armoured-Ships (07 Nov 1939-05 Mar 1940)
Formation-Engineer with the Staff of the Commander of Reconnaissance-Forces (06 Mar 1940-31 Dec 1940)
Chief of the Department for Steam Drive Systems, Head-Office Warship-Construction, OKM (08 Jan 1941-04 Feb 1943)
Director of Naval Equipment and Repair Operations Libau (05 Feb 1943-06 Jun 1943)
Placed to the Disposal of the Commander-in-Chief of Naval High Command Baltic Sea (06 Jun 1943-17 Aug 1943)
Liaison-Officer to the Head-Committee for Ship-Construction, OKM (18 Aug 1943-22 Nov 1943)
Shipyard-Commandant of the Kriegsmarine-Shipyard La Pallice (23 Nov 1943-15 Dec 1944)
Chief of the Office-Group for the Manufacture of Ships and Shipyards, Warship-Construction Office, OKM (04 Jan 1945-08 May 1945)
In Captivity (08 May 1945-00 Jul 1947)
Released (00 Jul 1947)

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