Auxiliar da Classe Dithmarschen

Auxiliar da Classe Dithmarschen

País	Alemanha
Ships in Class	6
Builders	Deutsche Werke Kiel: 1 Howaldtswerke Kiel: 1 Deutsche Werft Hamburg: 1 F. Schichau Danzig: 3

Contributor: C. Peter Chen

This article refers to the entire Dithmarschen-class; it is not about an individual vessel.

ww2dbaseThe German Navy lacked overseas naval bases. After trials in the late 1920s and early 1930s, it decided upon the Dithmarschen-class design to address that particular need. Auxiliary ships of this design served several roles, including tanker, repair ship, ammunition ship, dry cargo ship, and hospital ship. They were fairly well armed, and were designed to be able to be at sea for an extended amount of time. Six ships of this class were launched, but only five would ultimately be completed.

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Last Major Revision: Mar 2022

Auxiliar da Classe Dithmarschen Mapa Interativo

Auxiliar da Classe Dithmarschen Operational Timeline

11 fev 1935	The order for the construction of Dithmarschen was issued.
6 jun 1936	The keel of Dithmarschen was laid down by F. Schichau in Danzig.
14 nov 1936	The keel of Westerwald was laid down by F. Schichau in Danzig.
18 fev 1937	The construction of Franken was ordered.
18 fev 1937	The order for the construction of Ermland was issued.
12 jun 1937	Dithmarschen was launched by F. Schichau in Danzig.
5 out 1937	Westerwald was launched F. Schichau in Danzig.
17 dez 1937	The keel of Ermland was laid down by F. Schichau in Danzig.
8 jun 1939	Franken was launched at the Deutsche Werke Kiel shipyard in Kiel, Germany.
20 jul 1939	Dithmarschen was commissioned into service.
22 ago 1939	Westerwald began supporting German cruiser Deutschland in the Arctic Sea.
5 out 1939	Westerwald was officially commissioned into service, though she was already on a mission supporting cruiser Deutschland at this time.
28 out 1939	German pocket battleship Admiral Graf Spee received fuel from and transferred British prisoners to tanker Altmark near Tristan de Cunha in the South Atlantic.
12 nov 1939	Westerwald completed supporting German cruiser Deutschland in the Arctic Sea.
14 fev 1940	German pocket battleship Admiral Graf Spee's supply ship Altmark reached Norwegian territorial waters off Trondheim. It was Captain Heinrich Dau's intension to remain in neutral Norwegian waters to avoid an attack by the British.
16 fev 1940	German freighter Altmark, former supply ship for pocket battleship Admiral Graf Spee, was found by Hudson aircraft of No.233 Squadron RAF in Jøssingfjord, Norway. HMS Cossack captured Altmark and rescued 299 British prisoners of war aboard.
21 jul 1940	Nordmark was damaged by British aircraft near Jutland, Denmark.
2 set 1940	Ermland was commissioned into service.
12 set 1940	Nordmark began supporting cruiser Admiral Scheer.
25 out 1940	Ermland was ordered to set sail on a supply mission for battleships Scharnhorst and Gneisneau.
28 out 1940	Ermland broke through the Denmark Strait into the North Atlantic Ocean, but since battleships Scharnhorst and Gneisneau could not do the same, Ermland was ordered to sail to Brest, France.
25 jan 1941	Ermland was ordered to set sail on a supporting mission for battlecruisers Scharnhorst and Gneisneau, as a part of Operation Berlin.
23 mar 1941	Ermland officially completed its supporting mission for battlecruisers Scharnhorst and Gneisneau as a part of Operation Berlin, as the two battlecruisers had arrived in Brest, France on the previous day.
21 mai 1941	Nordmark completed supported cruiser Admiral Scheer.
27 mai 1941	Ermland departed La Pallice, La Rochelle, France to support damaged battleship Bismarck, but the battleship's sinking led to Ermland's return before the end of the day.
8 ago 1942	German 3rd Torpedo Boat Flotilla (T10, T13, and T14) began escorting oiler Ermland in an attempt to break out into the Atlantic Ocean.
11 ago 1942	German oiler Ermland successfully broke out into the Atlantic Ocean via the Bay of Biscay, arriving at Royan, France; she was escorted by torpedo boats T10, T13, and T14 of German 3rd Torpedo Boat Flotilla.
15 ago 1942	Uckermarck and Ermland departed Royan, France, escorted by torpedo boats T4 and T10, in an attempt to pass through the English Channel for coast of the Bay of Biscay.
16 ago 1942	Uckermarck and Ermland arrived at La Pallice, La Rochelle, France; they were escorted by torpedo boats T4 and T10.
10 set 1942	Ermland struck a mine and suffered some damage.
17 mar 1943	Franken was commissioned into service.
23 set 1943	Ermland was discovered and bombed by Allied aircraft, breaking in two, off Nantes, France.
11 ago 1944	The wreck of Ermland was towed to Nantes, France and sunk as a block ship.
8 abr 1945	Franken was struck by Soviet aircraft and sank near the Hela Peninsula off Danzig.
8 ago 1945	Nordmark arrived at Rosyth, Scotland, United Kingdom.
15 jan 1946	Dithmarschen was allocated to United States by the Inter-Allied Reparations Commission.
2 mai 1946	USS Dithmarschen was commissioned into service with Captain Adolph Wilhelm Maddox in command.
8 mai 1946	USS Dithmarschen arrived at Philadelphia Navy Yard, Pennsylvania, United States.
1 out 1946	USS Dithmarschen was placed out of service, renamed Conecuh, and reclassified as a fleet oiler.
24 out 1946	USS Conecuh was decommissioned from service.
4 set 1952	Conecuh was reclassified as a replenishment tanker.
16 fev 1953	USS Conecuh was recommissioned into service with Commander Mason Behr Freeman in command.
3 jun 1953	Captain Richard Ross Hay was made the commanding officer of USS Conecuh.
30 jun 1954	USS Conecuh began an overhaul at Norfolk Navy Yard, Virginia, United States.
4 mar 1955	USS Conecuh completed her overhaul at Norfolk Navy Yard, Virginia, United States.
4 out 1955	Northmark was scrapped.
10 jan 1956	Lieutenant Commander John Louis Hostinsky was made the commanding officer of USS Conecuh.
3 abr 1956	USS Conecuh was decommissioned from service at Norfolk Navy Yard, Virginia, United States and was transferred to the National Defense Reserve Fleet (James River Group, located at Lee Hall, Virginia near Newport News).
1 jun 1960	Conecuh was struck from the US Naval Register.
1 nov 1960	Conecuh was sold, for scrapping, to Southeastern Rail & Steel Company in the amount of $136,688.00.
23 nov 1960	Conecuh was officially struck from the National Defense Reserve Fleet.

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