Meg, et al:

I agree with you about the discrepancies that you found with "THE ENEMY BELOW".......

There are more!

1. When the U-boat CO leaves the Control Room and hangs his towel over "FUHRER" part of Kuntz' sign, he passes through an oval-shaped opening. U-boats have circular openings.

2. His quarters are enormous compared to a U-boat.

3. When the DE's CO ordered "flank" speed, a crewman is shown "pulling the sticks" from a U.S. fleet boat in the Maneuvering Room.

4. After the U-boat dives, the CO orders "seal" and the crew shuts and dogs all the "oval" watertight doors.

5. When the U-boat torpedoman is receiving firing orders from the Contol Room, he is turning the switches one after the other on the "ready light panel" and white circular lights appear. This is a
torpedo firing panel from a U.S. fleet boat. Nothing like that on a
U-boat.

6. The U-boat fires two torpedoes at once, not so........

7. Most of the U-boat officers are wearing their uniform covers (caps), even though they are sweating profusly......

8. When the cook offers the U-boat CO some soup, look behind the CO and see the 15# CO2 fire extinguisher mounted on the
bulkhead. This is the type used on U.S. fleet boats, not U-boats.

9. When the "beserk" U-boat crewman in the forward torpedo room runs to the after end of the compartment you'll notice that the watertight door is shut and dogged. This is another U.S. fleet boat
watertight door.

10. The U-boat CO puts a recording on the record player and all
hands start singing in English.......Is this for the beneffit of the DE's
crew?

11. When the order "torpedoes los" is received in the forward torpedo room, a torpedoman operates "handles" on the torpedo tube blow and vent manifold, located in the overhead. These handles vent the torpedo tubes, Forward Trim and WRT tanks. They would not be operated during the firing sequence.

12. The 26-foot motor whaleboat that was lowered into the water from the attacking DE, has its entire "brightwork" (woodworks for lubbers) stained and varnished. During actual wartime use this
would be painted haze gray.

I could go on and on, but I'm getting sleepy too, :-))

And have a great day,

ROBERT M.