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RE: U-234
Posted by: Anders Wingren ()
Date: January 01, 2001 06:41PM

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Hi John!

The big XB Minelayer U-234 was en route to the Far East when Germany capitulated.
CO Johann-Heinrich Fehler chose to surrender to the Americans
since he was in mid-Atlantic at the time.

U-234 was carrying a load of cargo to Japan of:

74 tons of lead
26 tons of mercury
12 tons of steel
7 tons of optical glass
43 tons of a/c plans,instruments,arms,and medical supplies
5 tons of 20 mm and 37 mm ammo
6 tons of equipment for the U-boat bases
1 ton of mail,films,and courier post
1 232pounds of uranium-oxide ore
1 disassembled twin-jet ME-262

She also carried 2 Japanese Officers
3 Luftwaffe Officers
4 Kriegsmarine Officers
2 Civilians from Messerschmitt

Fehler disposed of his Tunis Radar Detector, Kurier Transmitter,
and all Enigma and other secret papers,
and the 2 Jap Officers were allowed to commit suicide,
before U-234 met up with US Destroyer Escort SUTTON
on the 14th May 1945.

SUTTON took control of the boat and escorted U-234
into Portsmouth Navy Yard at kittery,Maine;
where 3 other U-boats already laid berthed:
U-805, U-873, and U-1228.

Blair:Hitler´s Uboat War
Morison:Hist of US Nav Ops in WW II
Rohwer&Hümmelchen:Chronology of War at Sea
Best regards/Anders.</HTML>

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