Marinebrigade Ehrhardt
Godt joined the "Kaiserliche Marine" in summer 1918 as an officer cadet and served on board the . After the war he served in the "Marinebrigade Ehrhardt". In March 1920 he was accepted in the "Reichsmarine", becoming an officer in 1924. He served aboard numerous surface ships and naval installations until 1935; when he was serving on the light cruiser "Emden" as adjutant to "Kapitän zur See" Karl Dönitz. Then "Korvettenkapitän" (Lieutenant Commander) Godt transferred to the newly established U-boat arm; commanding during the Spanish Civil War.