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Re: Sub v. Sub battles?
Posted by: Richard Uno ()
Date: April 15, 2009 12:30PM

You can also try "The Hunter Hunted. Submarine versus submarine encounters from World War I to the Present" by Robert C. Stern. There are several well-researched chapters dealing with WWII and U-boats in particular.

There is a similar, somewhat better illustrated volume in German, called "U-Boote im Duell" by Harald Bendert (1996, reprint from 2004). The contents are unfortunately a bit dated by now, but some of the photos are excellent.

Regarding the kills of USS Batfish... If you check that website, you will find that there is considerable confusion about the identity of one "kill". Unfortunately most candidates for the third victim were accounted for some time before Batfish's attack.

There is an upcoming book dealing with this issue, which hopefully provides more clues regarding the identity of the third victim. In any case, even two kills achieved during a single patrol certainly are an outstanding result in the naval history nonetheless.

Regards,

Richard

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