Twenty Million Tons Under the Sea.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Gallery, Daniel V.

Series:

Bluejacket books Twenty million tons under the sea

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

U-505 (Submarine).

World War, 1939-1945--Naval operations--Submarine.

World War, 1939-1945--Naval operations, American.

World War, 1939-1945--Naval operations, German.

World War, 1939-1945--Submarine--Naval operations.

World War, 1939-1945.

Local Subjects:

U-505 (Submarine).

World War, 1939-1945--Naval operations--Submarine.

World War, 1939-1945--Naval operations, American.

World War, 1939-1945--Naval operations, German.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (363 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Annopolis : Naval Institute Press, 2012.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

In June 1944, U.S. Navy Task Group 22.3, a ""hunter-killer"" 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 th

Contents:

CONTENTS; I. Prologue; II. The Phony War; III. The U-505 Commissioned; IV. Inside a Submarine; V. Shakedown Cruise; VI. Iceland; VII. Loewe's First Mission; VIII. Caribbean Cruise; IX. End of Caribbean Cruise; X. Cszhech Takes Command; XII. Suicide; XIII. The S.S. ""Ceramic""; XIV. Lange; XV. Hunter-Killer Task Group; XVI. Cruise to Cape Verde Islands; XVII. The Capture of the U-505; XVIII. Chicago; XIX. Epilogue; Appendix

Notes:

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ISBN:

9781612511818

1612511813

OCLC:

817873037