serviceyears branch commands death_place death_date birth_place allegiance unit awards battles birth_date rank image article_title name
1937 -- 42 1957 -- 74 luftwaffe -lrb- to 1942 -rrb- nazi germany ger u-737 -rrb- 2 destroyer '' zerstörer 2 '' -lrb- d171 bad pyrmont 11 march 2013 stettin nazi germany -lrb- to 1945 -rrb- west germany sss köln '' kg 3 `` general wever '' u-590 2 '' gorch fock '' schlesien 2 cruiser '' knight 's cross of the iron cross world war ii 9 may 1916 '' see '' -lrb- bundesmarine -rrb- kapitänleutnant '' -lrb- wehrmacht -rrb- '' kapitän zur file : paul brasack.jpg paul brasack
 paul brasack
paul brasack

paul brasack -lrb- 9 may 1916 -- 11 march 2013 -rrb- was a `` kapitänleutnant '' with the `` kriegsmarine '' during world war ii and commander of .
he was born in stettin .
he was also a recipient of the knight 's cross of the iron cross -lrb- -rrb- .
the knight 's cross of the iron cross was awarded to recognise extreme battlefield bravery or successful military leadership .
as a u-boat commander brasack was not credited with sinking any ships .
his u-boat was part of a wolf pack which operated against convoy jw 56a and convoy jw 56b .
he fired at the destroyer on 31 january 1944 , but missed , the torpedo exploded in the destroyers wake .
his actions against the convoys pulled off the escorting destroyers enabling other u-boats of his wolf pack to attack .
for these actions he was awarded the knight 's cross .
following world war 2 , brasack joined the `` bundesmarine '' of the federal republic of germany on 1 october 1957 .
he commanded the destroyer `` zerstörer 2 '' -lrb- d171 -rrb- -lrb- formerly uss `` ringgold '' -lrb- dd-500 -rrb- -rrb- from september 1962 until march 1964 .
from 15 september 1968 to 1 september 1971 he served as naval attaché at the german embassy in washington , d.c. .
