Format:
Book
Author(s):
Gannon, Michael
Keyword(s):
World War, 1939-1945 -- Naval operations -- Submarine.
World War, 1939-1945 -- Naval operations, German.
World War, 1939-1945 -- Campaigns -- North Atlantic Ocean.
Merchant marine -- United States -- History -- 20th century.
Unterseebootkrieg
Germany. Kriegsmarine -- History.
Time: Geschichte 1941-1942
Atlantic Coast (North America) -- History -- 20th century.
Deutschland
USA
World War 2
Military operations
Strategy
United States
Year:
1990
Pages:
xxii, 490 p., [16] p. of plates
Publisher:
Harper & Row
Publisher location:
New York
Accession number:
21117890
Label:
Box 59
Notes:
ill., maps ; 25 cm.
U-Boats Westward -- Down to the seas -- We are at war -- A fighting machine -- Destination New York -- Waiting for Hardegen -- Beat on the kettledrum -- New York, New York -- Where is the Navy? -- Course home! -- Last patrol -- The Navy stirs -- Final reckoning -- Afterword -- Appendix A: Maintaining trim -- Appendix B: Operation of the head -- Appendix C: Operation of the Schl¸ssel M (Enigma) Machine -- Appendix D: The engine room.
Maps on lining papers./ Includes bibliographical references (p. 474-478) and index.
Michael Gannon.
Book
Language:
English
Call number:
LC: D781; Dewey: 940.54/29
ISBN:
ISBN: 0060161558; 9780060161552; National Library: B90-41102 LCCN: 89-46090
Edition:
1st
Research notes:
Three inserts between free endpaper and half-title
Abstract:
Examines U-boat technology and warfare and describes the adventures of U-123 in American waters during WW2.