Where divers dare : the hunt for the last U-boat / Randall Peffer.
By: Peffer, Randall S [author.]
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BookPublisher: New York : Berkley Caliber, 2016Edition: First edition.Description: 310 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations (some color) ; 24 cm.Content type: text Media type: unmediated Carrier type: volumeISBN: 9780425276365.Other title: Hunt for the last U-boat.Subject(s): U-550 (Submarine) | World War, 1939-1945 -- Naval operations, German | World War, 1939-1945 -- Naval operations -- Submarine | Shipwrecks -- Massachusetts -- Nantucket Island | Shipwrecks -- North Atlantic Ocean | Underwater archaeology -- North Atlantic Ocean | Divers -- United States -- Biography | Deep diving -- United States -- History | Salvage -- United States -- History | World War, 1939-1945 -- Campaigns -- North Atlantic OceanDDC classification: 940.54/293 Summary: "The gripping true account of the search for German U-boat U-550, the last unfound, diveable wreck of a U-boat off the United States coast, and the battle in which it was sunk. On April 16, 1944, the SS Pan Pennsylvania was torpedoed and sunk by the German submarine U-550 off the coast of Nantucket, Massachusetts. In return the sub was driven to the surface with depth charges, and then sent to the bottom of the ocean by three destroyer escorts that were guarding the naval convoy. For more than sixty years the location of the U-boat's wreck eluded divers. In 2012, a team found it--the last undiscovered U-boat in dive-able waters off the Eastern Seaboard of the United States, more than three hundred feet below the surface. This is the story of their twenty-year quest to find this "Holy Grail" of deep-sea diving and their tenacious efforts to dive on this treacherous wreck--and of the stunning clash at sea that sealed its doom and brought the Battle of the Atlantic to America's doorstep"-- Provided by publisher.
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| Non-Fiction | Davis (Central) Library Non-Fiction | Non-Fiction | 940.54293 PEF | 1 | Available |
Enhanced descriptions from Syndetics:
On April 16, 1944, the tanker SS Pan Pennsylvania was torpedoed and sunk by the U-550. In return the sub was sent to the bottom by three destroyer escorts which were guarding the convoy. For more than 60 years the location of the U-boat's wreck eluded divers. In 2012, a team found it. This was the last undiscovered U-boat in diveable waters, more than three hundred feet below the surface. This is the story of their 20 year quest to find the 'Holy Grail' of deep sea diving and the tenacious efforts to dive on this treacherous wreck.
Includes index.
"The gripping true account of the search for German U-boat U-550, the last unfound, diveable wreck of a U-boat off the United States coast, and the battle in which it was sunk. On April 16, 1944, the SS Pan Pennsylvania was torpedoed and sunk by the German submarine U-550 off the coast of Nantucket, Massachusetts. In return the sub was driven to the surface with depth charges, and then sent to the bottom of the ocean by three destroyer escorts that were guarding the naval convoy. For more than sixty years the location of the U-boat's wreck eluded divers. In 2012, a team found it--the last undiscovered U-boat in dive-able waters off the Eastern Seaboard of the United States, more than three hundred feet below the surface. This is the story of their twenty-year quest to find this "Holy Grail" of deep-sea diving and their tenacious efforts to dive on this treacherous wreck--and of the stunning clash at sea that sealed its doom and brought the Battle of the Atlantic to America's doorstep"-- Provided by publisher.
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