Название: German submarine U-1105 "Black Panther": The Naval Archaeology of a U-Boat (Osprey General Military)
Издательство: Osprey Publishing
Год: 2019
Формат: PDF (Conv)
Страниц: 161
Размер: 19 Mb
Язык: English
Now in its final resting place at the bottom of the Potomac River in Maryland, the U-Boat U-1105 is unique among German World War II submarines. Technologically innovative, it was the only U-Boat to conduct a wartime patrol while equipped with the snorkel, GHG Balkon passive sonar and a rubberized coating known as Alberich designed to reduce its acoustic signature and hide from Allied sonar. After the end of World War II, it was the subject of instense testing and evaluation by the Allies, before finally being sunk to the bottom of the Potomac River.