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An in depth examine of historical past and marine archaeology of an progressive late-World Battle II U-boat that presently lies as a wreck within the Potomac River.

Now in its ultimate resting place on the backside of the Potomac River in Maryland, the U-Boat U-1105 is exclusive amongst German World Battle II submarines. Technologically progressive, it was the one U-Boat to conduct a wartime patrol whereas geared up with the snorkel, GHG Balkon passive sonar and a rubberized coating often called Alberich designed to cut back its acoustic signature and conceal from Allied sonar. After the tip of World Battle II, it was the topic of instense testing and analysis by the Allies, earlier than lastly being sunk to the underside of the Potomac River.

This extremely illustrated guide makes use of many new and beforehand unpublished photos to inform the complete story of this exceptional U-Boat, evaluating the effectiveness of its late warfare applied sciences, doc its intensive postwar testing and element all of the options nonetheless current on the wreck web site as we speak.