
Twenty Million Tons Under the Sea e-bog
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In June 1944, U.S. Navy Task Group 22.3, a "e;hunter-killer"e; force commanded by Daniel Gallery to track down German submarines, boarded and captured U-505 off the coast of Africa. It was the first time that an enemy ship of war had been captured on the high seas by U.S. Navy sailors since 1815, when the USS Peacock seized HMS Nautilus as part of the War of 1812. The extraordinary feat...
E-bog
188,61 DKK
Forlag
Naval Institute Press
Udgivet
15 april 2012
Længde
360 sider
Genrer
1DFG
Sprog
English
Format
epub
Beskyttelse
LCP
ISBN
9781612511818
In June 1944, U.S. Navy Task Group 22.3, a "e;hunter-killer"e; force commanded by Daniel Gallery to track down German submarines, boarded and captured U-505 off the coast of Africa. It was the first time that an enemy ship of war had been captured on the high seas by U.S. Navy sailors since 1815, when the USS Peacock seized HMS Nautilus as part of the War of 1812. The extraordinary feat is described in gripping narrative by Gallery himself, who chronicles the long and arduous battle against the German U-boat under the most hazardous conditions. Once they succeeded in capturing and towing their prize seventeen-hundred miles across the Atlantic Ocean, U-505 proved to be of inestimable value, yielding secrets to radio codes among other things. U-505 is now on exhibit at Chicago's Museum of Science and Industry.