Naval Section Command North Sea

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The Admiral-Armin-Zimmermann-Kaserne in Sengwarden was the seat of the MAKdo North Sea from 1962.

The North Sea Marine Section Command (MAKdo Nordsee) was a support association of the German Navy , which was set up on April 3, 1956 and transferred to the North Sea Marine Division on January 1, 1967 . The location of the MAKdo North Sea was initially Wilhelmshaven , from 1962 Sengwarden .

Mission and organization

The North Sea naval section command was initially under the command of the fleet base and from 1965 to the fleet command . It was responsible for setting up and managing the facilities of the fleet base with bases, depots, telecommunication and location services in the area of ​​the North Sea. In addition, there were temporarily floating associations with security and logistical tasks. Parts of these associations were stationed on the Baltic Sea. The organization and subordination of these agencies and associations was subject to various changes during the establishment of the Federal Navy.

The MAKdo Nordsee was permanently or temporarily subject to the following offices and associations:

The largest German naval base in Wilhelmshaven from the air

Commanders

Flotilla admiral's flag as the command sign of the commander of the North Sea naval section command

The commanders of the MAKdo North Sea were flag officers with the rank of flotilla admiral .

Rank Surname Beginning of the term of office Term expires Remarks
FlAdm Wolfgang Haack 10th 1966 02nd 1967 from January 1, 1967 Commander of the North Sea Marine Division
Kpt zS Bernd Klug 10th 1964 09th 1966
FlAdm Albrecht Obermaier 01.1964 09th 1964
FlAdm Kurt Freiwald 04. 1962 01.1964
FlAdm Hans-Rudolf Rösing 11th 1957 03rd 1962
Kpt zS Werner Schild 09th 1957 11th 1957 Assigned to carry out the business
FKpt Hans Eckermann 06th 1957 08th 1957 Assigned to carry out the business
Kpt zS Kurt Thoma 02. 1957 06th 1957 Assigned to carry out the business
FKpt Hans Eckermann 07th 1956 02. 1957 Commissioned with the installation
FKpt Werner Wierig 04th 1956 06th 1956 Commissioned with the installation

History of subordinate units

Marine Transport Battalion 2

Former barracks of the Marine Transport Battalion 2 and Marine Transport Company West in Wilhelmshaven-Ebkeriege (bottom left)

On October 1, 1964, it was in the Ebkeriege barracks . in Wilhelmshaven the marine transportation battalion 2 (MarTrspBtl 2) having a staff and supply company (in stationed, three transport companies, a serious repair company Elsfleth ) positioned and an envelope company.

The battalion was initially under the Naval Section Command North Sea. On January 1, 1967, the subordination to the North Sea Marine Division and on April 1, 1975 to the newly established North Sea Marine Section Command, which was renamed the West Marine Section Command on April 1, 1994. On September 30, 1998, the battalion was disbanded. The Marine Transport Company West was set up in its place .

Marine material depot 2

The Valentin submarine bunker, which was used as a depot until 2010

The naval material depot II was set up on July 15, 1957 in Wilhelmshaven. On April 1, 1966, the Valentin branch was established in Bremen-Farge, which was converted into a partial depot on February 1, 1971. On April 1, 1968, the name was changed to Marinematerialdepot 2 and on April 1, 1994 the subordination to the Naval Section Command West changed.

On July 1, 2002, the naval depots were subordinated to the Armed Forces Base (SKB) organization area, where they were assigned to Air Force Supply Regiment 5 until the new target structure was adopted.

Naval ammunition depots

There were three naval action depots in the area of ​​the North Sea naval sector command:

On July 1, 2002, the naval depots were subordinated to the Armed Forces Base (SKB) organization area, where they were assigned to Air Force Supply Regiment 5 until the new target structure was adopted.

Naval Music Corps North Sea

The North Sea Marine Music Corps was created in 1956 by splitting the Baltic Sea Marine Music Corps , which had existed in Eckernförde since June 1, 1956 . It was then stationed in Wilhelmshaven and was closed on March 31, 2014.

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Remarks

  1. ↑ History of subordinate agencies and associations for which no separate article exists and which are not described elsewhere. The representation covers the entire period of the existence of these formations even beyond the subordination under MAKdo North Sea.
  2. ^ According to other sources, initially in Mariensiel.

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ books.google.de
  2. ↑ wilhelmshaven.de
  3. ↑ Federal Archives / Military Archives Stock BM 1/6582
  4. ↑ Marine divisions on the North and Baltic Seas . In: Egbert Thomer, Jürgen Rhades: Jahrbuch der Marine , 5, 1970. Bremen undated, p. 103 ff.
  5. ↑ Federal Archives / Military Archives holdings BM 37 amphibious transport and handling battalions and naval transport formations
  6. ↑ a b Federal Archives / Military Archives inventory BM 43 Depot organization of the Navy
  7. ↑ a b Members of the Navy switch to the SKB . In: Marineforum 9-2002, p. 30
  8. ↑ Federal Archives / Military Archives inventory BH 38 Musikkorps
  9. ^ Wilhelmshavener Zeitung , March 21, 2014, special supplement