I am seeking information about French and Italian submarines that served as training targets for U.S. Navy escort vessels 1943-45. These subs operated from Bermuda, Guantanamo Bay, Key West, Port Everglades, New London, and Casco Bay and were assigned to the U.S. Navy's Submarine Squadron 7. Generally, the subs served as training targets for the U.S Navy's Destroyer-Destroyer Escort Shakedown Group. If someone knows of books, articles, photographs or documents that concern the tame submarines, I would appreciate learning of those materials. The submarines involved were:

Italian subs and CO

Onice – Lt F. Boggetti
Goffredo Mameli – Lt C. Buldrini
Giovanni da Procida – Lt R. Castracane
Tito Speri – Lt C. Celli
Dandolo – Lt A. Turcio
Atropo – Lt A. Galzignon
Vortice – Lt G. Manunta
Marea – Lt A. Russo
Luigi Settembrini (lost by collision en route to Bermuda)

French Subs and CO

Argo – Lt Blachere
Amazone – Lt Bordeaux
Antiope – Lt Auge
Archimede – LtCdr F. Bailleux
Casabianca – Lt Bellet
Le Centaure – Lt Tual
Le Glorieux – Lt Piot

Thank you,

Mark C. Jones