Plan aims to raise WWII U-boat (1 Viewer)

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Yes, good to hear that there are some still in good condition. Would love to see efforts made to find the dumping grounds from the Carriers after WW2. Perhaps even the US Vietnam Era dumping ground would be good to find for restorable treasures...
 
They dump Tanks and other armored vehicles off New Jersey from time to time. There are a few M60s and M113s out there. Think there is a site where pics are available of them going into the water.
 
The U-505 in Chicago was the first enemy vessel captured by the Americans on the high seas since the War or 1812. They scooped 2 Enigma machines and 900 pounds of code books in the process.

U-505 Submarine at the Museum of Science and Industry

They also have a JU-87 .....
 

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Not sure about that. The only reason I brought that up is because everyone thinks that the movie U-571 and the capture of the first enigma is historically correct when in fact U-571 is based off of U-110 and was captured by Royal Navy before the US Navy was even in the war.
 
Yes, but I believe these were the first captured with the 4th rotor.

Nope the Brits got it again:

In February of 1942, Enigma under went another change. A fourth wheel was added to the machine. Officials in the German high command had noticed a decrease in the rate at which their U-boats were being able to find allied convoys. Several security measures were added to the Enigma machine in order to increase security including another wheel. The British received another break in the fall of 1942; U-559 was attacked and forced to surface in the Mediterranean Sea. The crew attempted to scuttle the U-boat, a maneuver they had not practiced. Because of this it took some time before the U-boat sank, a boarding crew from H.M.S. Petard managed to get aboard the sinking boat and retrieve many classified documents. These documents aided the British in decrypting messages from the new four-rotor cipher machines.[18]
 
It seems the poor old US was a bit behind everything when it came to Enigma machine...
 
It seems the poor old US was a bit behind everything when it came to Enigma machine...

They were focusing on Japanese codes.

It is interesting that both Enigma (German Codes) and Purple (Japenese Codes- later called Majic) were figured out by guys who figured out how the machines would work. Enigma worked on a rotor system while Purple worked on switching system. These guys (one Polish for the Enigma and another American for Purple) had the insight to understand how the codes worked mechanically from the output. They figured the codes from there.

Those two guys had help from other sources but they were, without a doubt, two very bright bulbs.
 
From what I understand, the American commander went against direct orders not to capture a German U-boat. There was concern that, if the Germans found out about the capture of a U-boat, they would change their coding system.

If so, the guy is no hero.
 
He is still a hero. How often does Command get things right anyway, and as long as none of the crew gets away, nobody really needs to know about that capture, do they?
 

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