Hi krashkart, nice story!
"Kaleun" is/was the term commonly used as a spoken abbreviation of the Kriegsmarine rank of Kapitanleutnant, "Kaleu" or "Kaleun" is just short for the full rank.
It was the rank held by many or most combat u-boat commanders in WWII. Much quicker and easier for crew to use the shorter version, "Jawohl Herr Kapitanleutnant" is a bit of a mouthful especially if you had to say it 500+ times a day!
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