Konteradmiral (Ing.) Dipl.Ing. Max Adam Born: 28. Dec 1894 in Hamburg. Died: 22. Oct 1978 in Hamburg. Promotions:
Marineingenieuroberanw�rter (01 Oct 1913); Marineingenieurapplikant (21 Aug 1914); Marineingenieuroberapplikant (01 Apr 1916); Marineingenieuraspirant (28 Sep 1917); Marineingenieuroberaspirant (15 Feb 1920); Leutnant (Ing.) (10 Jan 1921); Oberleutnant (Ing.) (01 May 1922); Kapit�nleutnant (Ing.) (01 Apr 1927); Korvettenkapit�n (Ing.) (01 Jul 1933); Fregattenkapit�n (Ing.) (01 Jan 1937); Kapit�n zur See (Ing.) (01 Nov 1938); Konteradmiral (Ing.) (01 Feb 1943); Career:
Entered the Navy as a Marineingenieuranw�rter with the II. Shipyard-Division (01 Oct 1913-02 Jan 1914)
On Board the Liner Kaiserin (03 Jan 1914-30 Sep 1916)
Engineering and Deck-Officer-School (01 Oct 1916-25 Sep 1917)
Submarine-Training (01 Oct 1917-15 Apr 1918)
Construction-Indoctrination on the Submarine UC 92 (16 Apr 1918-13 Aug 1918)
Chief Engineer on the Submarine UC 92 (14 Aug 1918-28 Nov 1918)
With the II. Shipyard-Division (29 Nov 1918-17 Feb 1919)
With the II. Naval-Brigade (18 Feb 1919-30 Sep 1919)
Course-Participant at the Naval-School B (01 Oct 1919-20 Mar 1920)
With the III. Naval-Brigade (21 Mar 1920-31 May 1920)
With the Ships-Cadre-Division of the Baltic Sea (01 Jun 1920-07 Jul 1920)
Course-Participant at the Naval-School B (08 Jul 1920-31 Dec 1920)
Construction-Indoctrination and Chief Engineer on the Torpedo-Boat T 185 at the Naval-Shipyard Wilhelmshaven (01 Jan 1921-01 Sep 1921)
Placed to the Disposal of the Naval-Station of the North Sea (02 Sep 1921-31 Mar 1922)
Chief Engineer on the Torpedo-Boat V 6 (01 Apr 1922-30 Sep 1923)
Placed to the Disposal of Naval Command, Detached to the Technical College Berlin-Charlottenburg (01 Oct 1923-31 Mar 1927)
Watch-Engineer on the Cruiser Amazone (01 Apr 1927-31 May 1928)
Placed to the Disposal of the Chief of the Naval-Station of the North Sea (01 Apr 1928-17 May 1928)
Company-Chief in the II. Battalion of the Ships-Cadre-Division of the North Sea (18 May 1928-07 Apr 1929)
Half-Flotilla-Engineer of the 4th Torpedo-Boat-Half-Flotilla (08 Apr 1929-30 Sep 1930)
Instructor for Electronics at the Naval-School Kiel (01 Oct 1930-25 Sep 1932)
Chief Engineer on the Cruiser K�nigsberg (26 Sep 1932-30 Sep 1934)
Instructor for Electronics at the Naval-School Kiel (02 Oct 1934-30 Sep 1935)
Formation-Engineer with the Staff of the Leader of Torpedo-Boats (01 Oct 1935-26 Oct 1938)
Formation-Engineer with the Staff of the Commander of Reconnaissance-Forces (27 Oct 1938-06 May 1940)
Engineering Officer with the Staff of Naval-Group-Command West (07 May 1940-23 Jun 1942)
Chief of the Fuel Economy Department, Naval-Command-Office then Quartermaster-Office, OKM (24 Jun 1942-30 Sep 1943)
Chief of the Supply Department, Quartermaster-Office, OKM (01 Oct 1943-22 Jul 1945)
At the same time, Chief of the Supply and Fuel-Economy Office-Group (01 May 1944-22 Jul 1945)
In Captivity (22 Jul 1945-23 Jun 1947)
Released (23 Jun 1947)
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