Steel Boat, Iron Hearts
A U-boat Crewman's Life Aboard U-505

Hans Goebeler, with John Vanzo

Format: Hardcover, 288 pages
Price: $32.95
ISBN: 1-932714-07-3
On Sale: Fall 2004

In 1944, when the chances of surviving a U-boat patrol were slim indeed, U-505 left Lorient for a combat patrol in the west central Atlantic. During its return to France the boat was discovered by Daniel Gallery’s Task Group 22.3. Trapped by a hunter-killer group, the boat was depth-charged to the surface, strafed by machine gun fire, and eventually boarded and captured by the American Navy. Read More...