Twenty Million Tons under the Sea

By Gallery, Daniel V., RAdm., USN, ret.
2001, United States Naval Inst.
ISBN 1557508062
Hardcover, 344 pages

Descripton: This book details the history and eventual capture of the U-505 during WWII. The author was the Commanding Officer of the task group (TG 22.3) that executed the capture of this boat. Good reading for those interested in the unusual events of WWII in the Atlantic.

First published 1956.

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From the uboat.net review: Written in 1956 by the man responsible for the capture of U-505 and her decades-long afterlife as an exhibit in the Museum of Science and Industry in Chicago, this book combines an outline of the Battle of the Atlantic and the career histories of U-5 ...
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