Dear Mark, Many thanks yet again. The essential facts seem to be that there were 4 War Tours in the latter half of 1945. One by U-530, one by U-977, and two by U-505. It seems that the latter visited both the East Coast and Caribbean ports - and before the other two began - but probably that all three U-Boats visited some or all of the same ports at different times. There is therefore
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Dear Mark, Thanks (again). This is what I have so far: "Soon after VE Day, it was decided that U-505 should be sent on two War Bond Tours to raise funds for the war against Japan. The submarine was exhibited along the East Coast and the Gulf Coast throughout the remainder of 1945 in a drive to sell War Bonds". "USS Eunice (PCE 846) was chosen to be the escort for the fi
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Dear Mark, Very many thanks for your prompt reply and the info. I am much encouraged by your words "This is what I have at the moment", and I do hope that means that you may well be coming up with more - which would be really helpful. Yours aye Derek
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Dear All, Since the end of last year, I have been researching the “sink or scrap” question which is often asked concerning the final disposal of the U-Boats which surrendered, especially in relation to Operation Deadlight, and I am pleased to say that I think I have found the answer. I have therefore written a definitive article on the subject, and Gudmundur has recently been kind enough t
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Dear All, Shortly after the end of the war in Europe in mid-1945, U-505 was moved to the USA from Bermuda, and it then undertook 2 War Bond Tours. One to the US East Coast ports, and then one to the US Caribbean ports. I suspect that the first Tour took place in July 1945, and that the second Tour took place in August 1945. However, despite all the information that has been published abo
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Dear All, In June 1970, I published an article in the INRO Journal “Warship International” called “The U-Boats that Survived”. At that time the Internet had not been invented, and very few source documents were available in the public domain. Thus, despite getting a great deal of help from the Royal Navy, the US Navy and other correspondents across the world, my paper was far from c
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Dear Dallas, Thanks - glad to have helped a little. Unfortunately my German is very poor, and my knowledge of technical German is zero. Might I therefore suggest that you ask someone like Axel Niestle if he can possibly assist you - I'm sure he wouldn't mind. Yours aye, Derek
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Dear Dallas, First, I apologise for some incorrect info in my previous post. The U-Boats in the shipyards were in Bremen, not Bremerhaven. Sorry, my excuse is "too quick", too late" and "too tired" - mea culpa. There were of course two damaged U-Boats in Bremerhaven at that time - both of which had been captured after being decommissioned before the end of the wa
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Dear Dallas, I believe that the answer to your question is none. Indeed, no U-Boats surrendered in Bremerhaven in May 1945 and. if any had done so, they would in any case have been moved to the UK via Wilhelmshaven long before August. There were however quite a lot of uncompleted U-Boats on the stocks in the Bremerhaven shipyards (16 of which the French Navy was keen to obtain - unsuces
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Dear Ken, Very many thanks for your message and the information. Yes, I will certainly try the Navy Museum, and am also inclined to try the address "archives@navy.mil" which I have found on the OPNAVINST 5750.12J page. I am based in the UK so, as you suggest, will have to rely on e-mail contacts - which I hope work better than those to NARA!! Indeed, re NARA, I very luckily
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Dear Manfred, Many thanks for your welcome and interesting reply. It makes it clear to me that I should have asked my questions several years ago if I was ever to find an eye witness - but ce la vie! In fact, its not the dates and places of the sinkings that is in doubt - I even found them out way back in the 1960s. Its just that for completeness I would like to have found out the detail
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Dear Simon, Many thanks for your message. In fact, I think I have now got to the bottom of the Road's End story. There were 24 surrendered IJN submarines involved, and I know which ones they were. They had all moved out of Sasebo under their own power (and with Japanese skeleton crews) under USN escort on 1 April 1946, before being sunk some 60 miles offshore by gunfire, bombing and
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Dear All, The Potsdam Agreement and the decisions of the associated Tripartite Naval Commission (TNC) are critical elements in the story of the disposal and destruction of the Kriegsmarine after the end of the war in Europe, as they formed the basis of the actions that led to the ultimate fate of all the U-Boats that surrendered. However, this aspect of the U-Boat story has been given relat
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Dear All, I am researching the fates of the U-Boats that surrendered in the Far East under the IJN flag,and this is probably a question directed at Forum Members in America who are ex-US Navy men. I am keen to find out if there is anyone who knows any of the details concerning the sinking/scuttling of 3 ex-U-Boats in Japan in April 1946. They are: RO-500 (ex-U-511) in the Sea of Japa
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Dear Nobby, Many thanks. Also,I am glad to hear that you are looking to see what you can find for me re the U-Boats used by the Royal Navy - Thanks. Although, strictly speaking its the subject of the separate topic (UBoats in the Royal Navy - 1945 to 1947), perchance it will help, herewith details of their disposal. But of course its the bit before their disposal that I am really trying
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Dear Nobby, Re the a/m topic, I am aware that there have been some "private" messages concerning the answer to your query back in August, but I thought that it might be sensible to set the public record straight. The fact is that there were no original U-Boat surrenders in Lough Foyle/Lisahally. Nor were there any original U-Boat surrenders in Loch Alsh. All 8 of the U-Boa
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Dear All, I am seeking detailed information about 6 of the U-Boats allocated to the UK in 1945 and then “operated” by the Royal Navy between 1945 and 1947. They are: U-712, U-953, U-1108, U-1171, U-2348 and U-3017. I know the circumstances of their allocation to the UK, and I know the details of their disposal after they were discarded by the Royal Navy. However it's the bit i
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Dear All, Perhaps the most important of all the events relating to the U-Boats that survived WW2 was the sinking of 116 of their number off Northern Ireland between November 1945 and February 1946 in Operation Deadlight. Deadlight has attracted a great deal of world-wide interest over the past 65 years, and has been the subject of numerous articles and papers. However, despite this, long-da
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Dear David, It could have been U-190. Certainly, of all the U-baots which surrendered, this is the only one that met its demise in Canadian waters. Herewith an extract from my recent article on U-Boat.net re "The U-Boats that surrendered in the Western Hemisphere": "The other U-Boat that surrendered in Canada (U-190) was formally allocated by the Tripartite Naval Commissio
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Dear All, A recent review of the U-Boats that surrendered at the end of the war in Europe in May 1945 has revealed that there is widespread uncertainty concerning the surrender dates of the majority. There is even some uncertainty about the exact number of U-Boats that surrendered, as well as where and when U-Boats surrendered from sea, and about the ports in which some of the U-Boats surrend
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