(Photo courtesy of Gareth Collins)
Konteradmiral (Ing.) Walter Kühn
Born: 27 Jul 1890 in Grüneberg, Silesia (Schlesien)
Died: 24 Jul 1944 in Kiel (Killed in Bombing Raid)
Promotions:
Marineingenieuroberanwärter (01 Apr 1911); Marineingenieurapplikant (01 Oct 1911); Marineingenieuroberapplikant (01 Apr 1913); Marineingenieuraspirant (08 Aug 1914); Marineingenieuroberaspirant (01 Jul 1916); Marineingenieur (16 Jul 1917); Leutnant (Ing.) (18 Oct 1919); Oberleutnant (Ing.) (08 Apr 1921); Kapitänleutnant (Ing.) (01 Oct 1922); Korvettenkapitän (Ing.) (01 Nov 1929); Fregattenkapitän (Ing.) (01 Oct 1934); Kapitän zur See (Ing.) (01 Oct 1936); Konteradmiral (Ing.) (01 Sep 1940)
Career:
Entered the Army as a Marineingenieuranwärter with the II. Shipyard-Division, Basic-Training (01 Oct 1910-02 Jan 1911)
On Board the heavy Cruiser ‘Roon’ (03 Jan 1911-30 Sep 1911)
On Board the Liner ‘Helgoland’ (01 Oct 1911-28 Sep 1913)
With the II. Shipyard-Division (29 Sep 1913-30 Sep 1913)
Engineer and Deck Officer School (01 Oct 1913-31 Jul 1914)
On Board the Heavy Cruiser ‘Yorck’ (11/08/1914-04/11/1914); Placed to the Disposal of the II. Shipyard-Division then the II. Torpedo-Division (05 Nov 1914-24 Dec 1914)
Watch-Engineer on the Torpedo-Boat ‘G 175’ of the 16th Torpedo-Boat-Half-Flotilla (25 Dec 1914-04 Feb 1915)
Placed to the Disposal of the II. Torpedo-Division and Construction-Information on the Torpedo-Boat ‘V 46’ (05 Feb 1915-30 Oct 1915)
Watch-Engineer on the Torpedo-Boat ‘V 46’ of the 12th Torpedo-Boat-Half-Flotilla (31 Oct 1915-26 Aug 1916)
Placed to the Disposal of the Inspection of Torpedo Affairs (27 Aug 1916-02 Oct 1916)
Watch-Engineer on the Torpedo-Boat ‘V 83’ of the 14th Torpedo-Boat-Half-Flotilla (03 Oct 1916-02 Dec 1917)
Chief Engineer on the Torpedo-Boat ‘V 83’ of the 14th Torpedo-Boat-Half-Flotilla (03 Dec 1917-21 Jan 1919)
Engineer and Deck Officer School (22 Jan 1919-28 Feb 1919)
Company-Officer with the III. Naval-Brigade (01 Mar 1919-31 May 1920)
Company-Officer with the Ships-Cadre-Detachment of the Baltic Sea (01 Jun 1920-30 Jun 1920)
Company-Officer with the Ships-Cadre-Division of the Baltic Sea (01 Jul 1920-30 Sep 1920)
Placed to the Disposal of the Chief of the Naval-Station of the North Sea (01 Oct 1920-03 Jan 1921)
Attended Naval-School Kiel (04 Jan 1921-02 Jan 1922)
Company-Officer in the Ships-Cadre-Division of the North Sea (03 Jan 1922-31 Jan 1924)
Half-Flotilla-Engineer of the 3rd Torpedo-Boat-Half-Flotilla (01 Feb 1924-28 Mar 1927)
Member of the Test-Committee for Torpedo-Boats (29 Mar 1927-05 Oct 1929)
Chief Engineer on the Liner ‘Schleswig-Holstein’ (06 Oct 1929-24 Feb 1930)
Chief Engineer on the Liner ‘Hannover’ (25 Feb 1930-23 Sep 1930)
Flotilla-Engineer of the II. Torpedo-Boat-Flotilla (24 Sep 1930-04 Apr 1932)
Detached for Information to the Naval-Arsenal Kiel (05 Apr 1932-30 Apr 1932)
Leader of the Naval-Supply-Office Swinemünde (01 May 1932-02 Oct 1934)
Formation-Engineer with the Commander of Reconnaissance-Forces (02 Oct 1934-14 Oct 1936)
Placed to the Disposal of the Ship-Machine-Inspection (15 Oct 1936-07 Feb 1937)
Station-Engineer of the Naval-Station of the Baltic Sea (08 Feb 1937-04 Aug 1940)
Group-Engineer of Naval-Group-Command North (05 Aug 1940-30 Apr 1943)
Placed to the Disposal of the Commanding Admiral of Naval High Command Baltic Sea (01 May 1943-30 Sep 1943)
Retired (30 Sep 1943)
Killed in a Bombing Raid on Kiel (24 Jul 1944)

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