Victor Oehrn

Victor Otto Oehrn (21 October 1907 – 26 December 1997) was a Fregattenkapitän with the Kriegsmarine during World War II. He commanded the U-boats and , sinking twenty-four ships on four patrols, for a total of 104,846 tons of Allied shipping.

Career Oehrn joined the Reichsmarine in 1927, serving aboard the light cruisers and , before being one of the first officers to transfer to the newly formed U-boat arm in July 1935. He was appointed to command of in January 1936, and patrolled in Spanish waters during the Civil War in July–September 1936. In August 1939 he joined the staff of BdU as an Admiralstabsoffizier.

In May 1940 Oehrn took command of , in order to restore trust in the G7e/T2 torpedo, which had performed abysmally, often detonating prematurely or not at all. In four patrols he sank 23 merchant ships for a total of , damaged another of , and sank the British sloop , before returning to the staff in August. Iron Cross (1939) 2nd Class (27 January 1940) 1st Class (10 June 1940)