Authors: Ed Offley
conditions aboard,
6–10
U-48,
96
U-66,
95
,
118
U-85,
250–251
U-86,
118
U-87,
118
U-100,
64
U-109,
58
,
96
U-123,
92
,
93
,
106
,
112
,
156
,
241
Coimbra
attack by,
113–114
U-124,
93
U-125,
58
,
95
U-130,
96
,
118
U-147,
93
U-160,
150
U-201,
32
U-202,
162
,
182
,
235
,
236
U-203,
118
U-215,
240
U-352,
236
,
238
,
251
U-373,
181
U-402,
240
aerial attack on,
238–239
U-459,
164
U-502,
58
U-552,
21
,
44
,
71
,
111
,
118
combat and,
30–31
Convoy HX121 attack by,
31–32
U-553,
118
U-568,
43
U-576
aerial attack on,
238–239
damage of,
239
U-584,
162
,
236
U-652,
43
U-653,
81
,
89
first wartime patrol of,
77–78
U-701,
58
,
59
,
67–69
,
117
,
119
attack on,
218–219
,
220–222
convoy sighted by,
72–73
crash dive of,
220
daily routine disrupted for,
171–172
daylight operation restrictions,
200
,
201
,
213
destruction warning for,
220
ensign raised on,
32–33
evacuation of,
222–223
gross registered tons damaged from,
212
inexperienced crew of,
71
inspection of,
33–34
living conditions on,
60
,
200
,
202
,
213
memorial at,
256
mine-laying operation of,
162
,
178–180
patrols of,
28–30
,
62–63
,
169–170
,
190
,
198
POW letter providing information on,
237–238
repairs of,
141
rescue of,
226–229
,
230–232
search for,
252
,
253–254
ship sunk by,
73–74
sinking reported of,
226
,
227
survivors of,
224–230
,
235
,
242–243
torpedo unloading and,
199
U-boats hunted by,
200–201
winter storm and,
71–72
,
76
wreckage discovery of,
250
,
256
zigzagging of,
180–181
U-754,
240
U-boat,
57
airpower against,
147–148
bow compartment of,
9
bunker for,
23–24
construction of,
24
distance range of,
57–58
diverting missions of,
55–56
gross registered tons rampage totaled by,
240
hunter flaws,
148
Lockheed A-29
Hudson sinking,
10–11
North Sea crossed by,
60
Q-ships and,
155
snorkel for,
246–247
threat to,
4
TMB mines and,
170–171
tracking of,
149
U-701 hunting,
200–201
wolf packs of,
244–245
U-boat Acceptance Commission,
33–34
U-boat Command,
163
U-boat Force,
1
,
21
,
92
Enigma machines used by,
85
growth of,
244
mine-laying operations of,
161–162
,
237
staging of,
22–23
strategies of,
33
strength of,
69–70
as threat,
99
training exercises of,
34–35
US Atlantic Fleet and,
43
U-boat Force Headquarters,
7
,
55
,
93
,
161
,
237
Caribbean front of,
124–125
U-boat Situation Report,
89
Ubootwaffe,
1
Uboot-Zieloptik
(UZO),
94
,
113
underwater topography, of Cape Hatteras,
3
Unicoi
,
239
Union Jack,
129
United States Fleet (COMINCH),
36
,
90
,
100
,
126
,
153
unlimited national emergency, US,
42
Uphoff, Kapitänleutnant (Lieutenant Commander) Horst,
138
US Army Air Forces (USAAF),
3
,
65
aircraft accidents and,
168
growth of,
144–145
personnel of,
168
training exercises of,
168
US Army Intelligence,
178
US Atlantic Fleet,
40
U-boat Force and,
43
US Atlantic Squadron,
40
US Coast Guard,
182–183
,
212
US East Coast,
57
US Navy,
3
,
97
censorship of,
121–123
escort group,
72
shooting war by,
43–44
US Navy blimp,
230–233
US Navy Headquarters,
102
USS Asterion
,
155
USS Atik
,
155–156
USS Bainbridge
,
188
,
190
USS Broome
,
207
USS Buchanan
,
141
USS Dione
,
188
,
190
USS Ellis
,
239
USS Ellyson
,
108
USS Emmons
,
149–152
USS Enterprise
,
172
USS Greer
,
43
,
46
USS Gwin
,
105–106
,
108