SHARKHUNTERS Salutes Veterans

JÜRGEN OESTEN (1681-1990)

Kriegsmarine, U-Bootwaffe Skipper of U-61, U-106, and U-861; Flotillenchef, 9th U-Bootflottille

JÜRGEN OESTEN was born 24 October 1913 in Berlin and was in Naval Academy Class 1933. In addition to commanding three combat submarines in the war, he also set up the 9th U-Bootflottille at Brest. He was decorated with the Knights Cross.

		Back home,OESTEN (center) and other Skippers discuss strategy and tactics.

Photos above by MATT THELEN of the documents for the ceremony crossing the equator, paying homage to “King Neptune“

Below are photos of OESTEN‘s three boats.

Pre-war photo above of U-61, which OESTEN put into commission on 12 August 1939

Photo below is U-106 at sea on a Feindfahrt (war patrol)

Below are two different views of the giant Type IX-D2 boat, U-861, the last boat OESTEN commanded.

U-861 is dockside with U-995, the boat of HANS-GEORG HESS (125-1985)

You may listen to JÜRGEN OESTEN by clicking these clips:

from DVD-60, 1994 interview with OESTEN:
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from DVD-66, the 2000 interview with OESTEN:
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JÜRGEN OESTENhand signed some of our very rare fine art prints.
Click on the prints to see their descriptions.

“ALMOST HOME”

“CONVOY IN SIGHT”