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U-858
Posted by:
Derek Waller
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Date: February 02, 2012 09:37AM
Dear Robert,
You asked where I obtained the info about U-858 being at New London in June 1945.
It came from the RG 19 BuShips files at NARA which contain a number of the New London Weekly Progress Reports about the refit of U-858.
These record that U-858 arrived at New London on 5 June 1945.
In essence, of the three U-Boats that the US Navy decided to re-fit at that time - U-234, U-873 and U-858 - the latter was seen as the "lead" boat in terms of being the one likely to be the first to be ready for standardisation trials.
Things later "slipped" for a variety of reasons, and of course U-2513 was added to the refit programme before the end of the year.
The other three U-Boats, U-234, U-873 and U-2513 (and later U-3008) were all refitted at Portsmouth.
Finally, after its refit at New London, U-858 was moved to Portsmouth in October 1945, arriving there on 23 October 1945.
I hope that makes sense.
Yours aye
Derek
You asked where I obtained the info about U-858 being at New London in June 1945.
It came from the RG 19 BuShips files at NARA which contain a number of the New London Weekly Progress Reports about the refit of U-858.
These record that U-858 arrived at New London on 5 June 1945.
In essence, of the three U-Boats that the US Navy decided to re-fit at that time - U-234, U-873 and U-858 - the latter was seen as the "lead" boat in terms of being the one likely to be the first to be ready for standardisation trials.
Things later "slipped" for a variety of reasons, and of course U-2513 was added to the refit programme before the end of the year.
The other three U-Boats, U-234, U-873 and U-2513 (and later U-3008) were all refitted at Portsmouth.
Finally, after its refit at New London, U-858 was moved to Portsmouth in October 1945, arriving there on 23 October 1945.
I hope that makes sense.
Yours aye
Derek
Subject | Written By | Posted |
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U-858 | Derek Waller | 02/02/2012 09:37AM |
Re: U-858 | ROBERT M. | 02/04/2012 12:28AM |
Re: U-858 | Derek Waller | 02/04/2012 09:26AM |