Career
He is also a recipient of the coveted (German: Ritterkreuz des Eisernen Kreuzes mit Eichenlaub). The Knight"s Cross of the Iron Cross and its higher grade Oak Leaves was awarded to recognise extreme battlefield bravery or successful military leadership. Korvettenkapitän Klug led East-boats (Schnellboote) on 28 April 1944 in an attack against Convoy T-4 consisting of LSTs during the Allied large-scale rehearsals for the Doctorate-Day invasion of Normandy, dubbed Exercise Tiger.
During the attack, German East-boats sank United States Ship LST-507 and 531, and damaged 289, resulting in the deaths of 749 American servicemen.
Schiff-Stamm-Abteilung der Ostsee (2nd department of the standing ship division) of the Baltic Sea in Stralsund. He was transferred to the school ship Selective Service System Gorch Fock on 30 June 1933 for his on board training.
Here he was promoted to Seekadett (Midshipman) on 23 September 1933. He was then transferred to the light cruiser Karlsruhe on 24 September 1933.
Klug sailed on Karlsruhe"s third training cruise.
Karlsruhe left Wilhelmshaven on 14 October 1933. The ship first sailed to the Mediterranean Sea and then to East Asia where they stopped at Kalkutta, Padang and Soerabaja. The journey went on to Brisbane and Apia, via Honolulu and Tacoma to San Diego in the United States, then through the Panama Canal to Boston and A Pobra do Caramiñal, Spain.
Karlsruhe returned to Kiel on 16 June 1934.
While stationed on Karlsruhe, he advanced in rank to Gefreiter on 1 April 1934. He was then posted to the Naval Academy at Mürwik on 28 June 1934.
Following a brief vacation, he started the main cadet course at the Naval Academy in Mürwik on 12 July 1934. During his vacation he was promoted to Fähnrich zur See (officer cadet) on 1 July 1931.
The main cadet course lasted until 18 April 1935 and was interrupted by two navigational training cruises, the first on the tender Nordsee (10–16 October 1934) and the tender Saar (31 January – 6 February 1935).
Battle of Lyme Bay On 28 April 1944 Klug led six East-boats of the 5th across the English Channel. The German"s had received signals of Allied naval operations in the Lyme Bay. Klug led the attack in groups of two, South-100 and South-143, South-140 and South-142, and South-136 and South-138.
His force was augmented by additional three boats from the 5th, South-130, South-145 and South-150, commanded by Kapitänleutnant Götz Freiherr von Mirbach.
Wehrmachtbericht reference.