Phantom fleet : the hunt for Nazi submarine U-505 and World War II's most daring heist /
"Shortly before noon on June 4, 1944, the sonar operator on a destroyer prowling off the coast of West Africa heard a sharp, metallicping. The sound could mean only one thing: the German submarine that their hunter-killer group had been tracking, U-505, was lurking somewhere below. The ensuing...
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| Format: | Book |
| Language: | English |
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New York :
Little, Brown and Company,
2025.
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| Edition: | First edition. |
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| Summary: | "Shortly before noon on June 4, 1944, the sonar operator on a destroyer prowling off the coast of West Africa heard a sharp, metallicping. The sound could mean only one thing: the German submarine that their hunter-killer group had been tracking, U-505, was lurking somewhere below. The ensuing struggle between exhausted hunter and venomous prey would make history when American sailors boarded an enemywarship at sea for the first time since the War of 1812. That day'svictory was the culmination of an unrelenting campaign against the Nazi submarine threat by the U.S. Navy's 'Tenth Fleet'--a mysteriousunit that could predict the locations and movement of Hitler's U-boats. Run by Commander Kenneth Knowles, Tenth Fleet had guided Captain Dan Gallery to U-505; to repay the favor, Gallery was going to steal an Enigma machine for him"-- |
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| Physical Description: | x, 342 pages : illustrations ; 25 cm |
| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references (pages 317-330) and index. |
| ISBN: | 9780316564472 0316564478 |