While commanding U-960, Heinrich had two war patrols in the Arctic Sea, operating against the Murmansk Convoys, two more in the North Atlantic. During his war patrols, he sank five ships including a Soviet minesweeper, a Liberty Ships (SS SUMNER I. KIMBALL) named for the founder of the United States Coast Guard - and the American destroyer USS ELLYSON.
The most remarkable feat during Günther Heinrich's time commanding U-960 was the fact that this was THE LAST German U-Boat to successfully transit the "Gates of Hell".....the Straits of Gibraltar. All other German U-Boats making this attempt after U-960 were either destroyed or driven back.
Heinrich
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