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RE: Defense Against the Type XXI U-boat
Posted by:
Leon Gall
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Date: January 21, 2001 07:19PM
Please send this most interesting material. I thank you in advance and remain, Sincerely, Leon C. Gall.
Don Baker wrote:
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Hello to the “Technical & Operations†Team:
I have obtained a copy of a USN/ONI study from the National Archives which is dated 1951. The study was originally “classified†but has now been de-classified. It is indeed an interesting and informative historical document.
As you will remember, during the 1951 period the Russians were building a formidable number of “Whiskey†class submarines based largely on the Type XXI U-boat design. Imagine if you will, a team of German naval experts advising on how to defend against the Type XXI and Walter Type XXVI U-boats. Fascinating!
Well that is exactly what happened. The study, titled “Defensive Measures Against Enemy Type XXI and Walter Type XXVI U-boatsâ€, was prepared by a team of German naval experts providing recommendations to the USN for use in constructing a defense against the Russian submarine threat. It is entertaining to compare what has actually developed in the ASW field during the ensuing years to that which was analyzed ....
Don Baker wrote:
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Hello to the “Technical & Operations†Team:
I have obtained a copy of a USN/ONI study from the National Archives which is dated 1951. The study was originally “classified†but has now been de-classified. It is indeed an interesting and informative historical document.
As you will remember, during the 1951 period the Russians were building a formidable number of “Whiskey†class submarines based largely on the Type XXI U-boat design. Imagine if you will, a team of German naval experts advising on how to defend against the Type XXI and Walter Type XXVI U-boats. Fascinating!
Well that is exactly what happened. The study, titled “Defensive Measures Against Enemy Type XXI and Walter Type XXVI U-boatsâ€, was prepared by a team of German naval experts providing recommendations to the USN for use in constructing a defense against the Russian submarine threat. It is entertaining to compare what has actually developed in the ASW field during the ensuing years to that which was analyzed ....
Subject | Written By | Posted |
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Defense Against the Type XXI U-boat | Don Baker | 01/20/2001 03:27AM |
RE: Defense Against the Type XXI U-boat | Don Baker | 01/20/2001 09:49PM |
RE: Defense Against the Type XXI U-boat | Ron C | 01/20/2001 10:23PM |
Re: RE: Defense Against the Type XXI U-boat | type2189 | 11/14/2016 01:47PM |
RE: Defense Against the Type XXI U-boat | Leon Gall | 01/21/2001 07:19PM |
RE: Defense Against the Type XXI U-boat | kurt | 01/27/2001 02:37PM |
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