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Operation Drumbeat

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by Michael Gannon


  U-124 at, 29-31

  Low, Francis S. (“Frog”), 392

  Ludlow, USS, 190, 238, 448

  Lusis, Friedrich, 262

  Lüth, Wolfgang, 315, 409

  McCormick, Nelson C, 384

  McCrea, John L., 171, 304

  MacDill Field (Florida), 351

  Mclver. Charles E.. 400

  MacLeish, USS, 190, 448

  McNamara, C. F., 222

  “Magic,” 163

  Mahan, Alfred Thayer, 222

  Malay (ship), 261-65, 276-77, 296

  Malvina D (trawler), 219

  MAN engines, 427, 470

  Marshall George C. xviii. 170, 390-91

  Martens, Francis, 400

  Maryland. USS, 390, 446

  Mason, Donald Francis, 275, 380

  Matsuoka, Yosuke, 97, 98-99

  Mayo, Henry T., 168

  Mayport naval base, 358-59, 364

  Mawant, USS, 190,238,448

  Meckel, Hans, 67-69, 77, 80, 131-33

  Mediterranean Sea, U-boats in, xvii, 92-93

  Meisinger, Rudolf (“Schöner Rudi”), xi, 311, 379, 404

  Meloney, William M., 365

  Merchant seamen. See U.S. Merchant Marine Merkesdal, Trygen, 219

  Merten, Karl-Friedrich, 404

  Mertens (engineering trainee), 311,312, 404

  Messerschmitt Me-264, 70 “Metox” search receiver, 394

  Metzler, Jost, 85

  Mexico, 347-48

  Miami (Florida), 345, 347, 350-52, 357, 384

  Midway, Battle of, 163, 171, 222

  Miller, Robert K., 355

  Minerva (ship), 328

  Mines sowed by German submarines, 388

  Minesweepers

  German submarines escorted by, 13-14, 25, 28, 68, 299, 312, 403-4

  HYDRA code used by, 342

  1987 U.S. lack of, 446

  World War I, in the Channel, 189-90

  Mississippi, USS, 88

  Mitchel Field (New York), 183

  Moffett, USS, 448

  Möhle, Karl-Heinz. 11, 16, 32, 40, 41, 299, 408

  Möhlmann, Helmut, 345

  MOMP (mid-ocean meeting point), 84

  Monsarrat, Nicholas. 274

  Monssen. USS, 190, 238, 448

  Montauk Point Lighthouse, 215, 223

  Montrolile (ship), 272

  Morison, Elting E., 173, 412

  Morison, Samuel Eliot, 169, 175, 181, 330, 354. 390, 397,411, 445, 465

  Morrison, R. P., 210

  Morro Castle (ship), 273

  Mount Aetna (ship), 291, 418 “Mousetrap” (contact bomb projector), 392

  Mueller, Charles E., 382

  München (German weather ship), 151-52

  Muskogee (ship), 318, 456

  Mussallem, Edward, 363-64, 366

  Muslin. USS, 190, 448

  Musts, Rudolph, 262

  Mützelburg, Rolf, 85

  Nagumo, Chuichi, 161, 184

  Naval Local Defense Force School (U.S.), 384

  Netherlands, Schnorchel invented by navy of, 394

  Neutral merchant ships, 45, 51, 224, 290-92

  Nevada, USS, 390

  New London (Connecticut), 448

  New Orleans (Louisiana), 351

  Newport (Rhode Island), 220, 237, 238, 448

  New York. USS, 448

  New York City

  Army and Navy Joint Control and Information Center in, 172-74, 327

  brownout or blackout of, 186

  Hardegen’s prewar visit to, 20-21, 137-38

  Joint Harbor Entrance Control Post, 185

  naval defenses at, 70-71, 184-85

  U-boat operationsoff, 199, 215-23, 229-36, 414

  planning, xvi-xvii tourist maps used, 137

  Niblack, USS. 85

  Nikolina Batkovia (ship), 203

  Nimitz, Chester W., 72, 163, 415, 416, 463

  Noa. USS, 269, 327, 349

  Noble. Sir Percv L. H” 339

  Norfolk (Virginia). 177, 189, 238. 261, 279, 448

  Norfolk (Virginia) Naval Air Station, 181, 182, 349

  Norlindo (ship), 348

  Norness (ship), 216-23, 225. 229

  North Carolina, USS, 269

  Northern Dawn,. HMS, 383

  Northern Duke. HMS, 346, 383

  Northern Ireland, U.S. troops in, 238

  Northwest Escort Force (U.S.), 88

  Norvana (ship), 270

  Norway

  1940 invasion of, 95, 118, 227-28

  German submarines later stationed off, 310-11

  Nürnberg War Crimes Tribunal, 53, 72, 416

  0-47 observation planes, 350

  Oberon (ship), 47

  O’Brien. USS, 190, 448

  OIC. See Royal Navy—Operational Intelligence Centre

  O’Kane, Richard H., xxi O’Keefe, Cornelius, 57

  Oklahoma (ship), 335-36

  Olmey (ship), 271

  Ohmpic (ship), 270

  On the Roof Gang, 162. 211

  Operation Drumbeat (Operation Paukenschlag), xvi-xvii, 66, 298, 389, 413-14,436

  Dönitz’s following of progress of, 133-34, 226. 252-53

  Dönitz’s personal orders for, 79-81

  Gruppe Bleichrodt, 80

  Gruppe Hardegen, 80, 138-39

  number of lives taken by, 249

  number of submarines in, 269-70

  origin of, xvii

  planning for, xv-xvii, 97-98, 467

  poor U.S. naval defenses vs., 70-71, 265-68, 298

  as second Pearl Harbor, 164-66, 389, 412-15

  sinkings bv, 205-9, 216-23, 233-34, 244-52, 254-66, 270-73, 296

  U-123 in, 11-15, 101-33, 135-48, 153, 156-59, 191-225, 229-37, 249-64, 276-95, 299-300

  Operation Pastorius, 379-80

  Organisation Todt, 28, 40

  OS2U-3 Kingfisher. 252. 350

  Osburn, F. W., Jr., 222

  Oshima, Baron Hiroshi, 339

  Ostcrhaus, Hugo, 168

  Outer Banks, 242, 253-55, 318, 330. 383

  Paducah. U.S.S., 176

  Pan American Clipper, 337

  Pan-American Sccuritv Zone, 82, 84, 85, 95, 97

  Pancolt, Victor A., 57

  Pan Massachusetts (ship), 347

  Pan Norway (ship), 288-90, 295, 418

  Paris (France), U-boat officers in, 30

  Parkinson, Marian, 248-49

  Payne, R G., 222

  PB4Y1 (Navy Liberator bomber), 393

  PBM Mariner flying boats, 181, 182, 351, 384

  PBY-5 (Catalina flving boat), 181, 182, 184, 210, 213, 252, 275. 322, 328, 350, 351, 364, 380

  Pearl Harbor

  Hardegen’s visit to, 20

  Japanese attack on, xv-xvi, xviii, 62-63, 96-97, 161

  not severe blow to U.S., 389-90, 463

  reasons for U.S. failure, 163-64, 184, 411-12

  Navy cryptologv unit at, 162-63

  second, in Atlantic, 164-66, 389, 412-15

  Peleus (ship), xx Penguin, USS, 167

  Pensacola (Florida), 351

  Periscope elevation monitor (periscope

  graphic), 104, 106

  Periscopes, 25-26, 42-43, 89, 147, 236, 317, 331

  Periwinkle. HMS, 39

  Petroleum Industry War Council, 342, 355

  Philadelphia (Pennsylvania), 177, 448

  Philippines, fall of, 167

  Piaf, Edith, 30

  Pinging, 48, 49

  Pleuser (E-motor mate), 195-96, 370

  P.L.M. 22 (ship), 47

  Plunkett. USS, 90

  Polish Intelligence Service, 150-51

  Ponte Vedra (Florida). 379

  Portland (Maine; Casco Bay), 185, 189, 222, 238, 448

  Portrero del Llano (ship), 347

  Portsmouth (New Hampshire), 222, 306-7

  Poser, Günter, 336

  Poske, Fritz, 358

  Potassium cartridges, 32

  Pound, Sir Dudley, 339, 386

  Prange, Gordon W.. 163

  Presi
dent Harrison (ship), 167

  Preuss. Joachim. 91

  Prien, Günther, 30, 32, 68. 73, 228

  Prince of Wales. HMS. 63, 167

  Prinz Eugen (German heavy cruiser), 96, 135, 152, 253

  Project LQ. See Q ships

  Purple (Japanese cipher machine). 162-64

  Python (German refueling ship), 124, 134, 135

  Q ships, 304-7. 322-30, 457

  Queen Mary (ship), 223

  Quonset Point (Rhode Island) Naval Air Station. 349, 380

  Radar

  airborne, 394, 395

  on destroyers, 380-81

  Radio Davs (movie), 185

  Radio fingerprinting (RFP), 149

  Raeder, Erich, 74-76. 82, 89, 95, 144, 228, 283, 398, 404, 416, 465

  Rafalski, Fritz (“Puster “). xi, 301, 417, 431

  on Dec. 1941-Jan. 1942 cruise, 16,31, 117, 119-20, 122, 127, 128. 132, 142-46, 198-200, 203, 208, 209, 216. 224-25. 249, 252, 261, 278-79, 281, 287, 292

  on Mar-May 1942 cruise. 312-15, 318, 320, 321, 323, 332, 359, 371, 374, 376. 377. 399

  Rainbow 5 (U.S. Navy War Plan 46), 93-94, 96

  Rand, Melvin A., 245, 247

  Rasch, Hermann, 91, 192, 272-73

  Rastenberg (East Prussia), xv, 406-7

  Rathke, Hellmut, 382-83

  Räumboote (R-boats). See Minesweepers

  Red Deer, HMCS, 210, 213

  Rehwinkel, Ernst-August, 310

  Reinertsen, Kaare, 218

  Renner (E-motor mate), 195-96, 369-70, 373

  Repulse. HMS, 63, 167

  Reuben James, USS, 91-92, 169

  Reykjavik (Iceland), 189

  Ribbentrop, Joachim von, 97, 99

  Ringsrad (ship), 455

  Río Azul (merchant cruiser), 50-51

  Robin Moore (ship), 85

  Rochefort, Joseph, 162-63, 443

  Rochester (ship), 273

  Roe, USS, 190, 238, 448

  Rogers, L. F., 304, 306

  Röhm, Ernst, 32

  Rohwer, Jürgen, 88. 250, 255, 296

  Rollins, Pete, 175-76

  Rollmann, Siegfried, 59

  Rommel, Erwin, 92-93

  Rooney, John B., 220

  Roosevelt, Franklin D.

  King and, 168-69, 388,393

  Operation Drumbeat and, 266, 267, 298

  before Pearl Harbor. 82-85, 87-89, 94, 444

  Q ships inaugurated by, 303-4

  small-boat policy of, 178-79, 181, 304-5, 307. 338, 392, 447, 463

  Roper, USS, 380-81

  Rosen, Leo, 163, 164 “Rosie the Riveter,” 395

  Roskill, Stephen W., 310, 330, 396

  Rowan, USS, 190, 238, 448

  Royal Air Force (RAF; Great Britain)

  Bomber Command, and the Battle of the Atlantic, 396

  Liberator bombers of, 393

  on submarine attack procedures, 182

  U.S. training of, 84

  Royal Navy (Great Britain)

  Operational Intelligence Centre (OIC), 153-54, 164, 165, 171

  Q ships of, 304

  shortage of destroyers in, 83

  Submarine Tracking Room, 154-60, 164, 200-203, 307. 340-42

  U.S. destroyers-for-bases deal and, 83

  United States Navy compared to, 394

  Western Approaches Command, 69, 85, 339

  Royal Oak, HMS, 30, 73

  Rudeltaktik. See Submarine wolf packs Rush (Coast Guard cutter). 176

  Rutland (ship), 33

  Ryan, Thomas J., Jr., 305-7

  Saar (German command ship), 73

  Safford, Laurence F., 16I-63, 211

  Sagadahoc (ship), 92

  Sagamore, USS, 327

  Saint Augustine (Florida), 359-60, 366

  St. John’s (Newfoundland). 80, 81, 143

  St.-Nazaire, 24,40. 67,405

  St. Petersburg (Florida), 350-51

  Salem (Massachusetts) Naval Air Station, 181. 182

  Salewski, Michael, xviii, 398

  Salinas, USS, 91

  Salta (ship). 288

  San José (ship), 250-51, 296

  San Juan (Puerto Rico), 308

  San Julien (Cuba), 350

  Sandnes, Sverre, 218

  Santa Elisa (ship), 251

  Savo Island, Battle of, 414

  Scania (ship). 261, 264

  Scarborough (England), 149

  Schacht, Harro, 348

  Scharnhorst (German battle cruiser), 95-96, 253

  Schepke, Joachim, 30, 68

  Scherbius, Arthur, 466

  Schlüssel M cipher machines (Enigma), 132-34, 150-52,425-26

  fourth rotor for, 307

  information on, shared by British with U.S.. 164

  Schneider, Herbert, 41, 43, 44, 46, 47, 54-56

  Schnorchel, 394-95

  Schofield, Brian B” 338-39

  Schreder, Richard E., 384

  Schroeter, Horst von. xi. 2-4

  as commander of V-123, 408, 417

  on Dec. 1941-Jan. 1942 cruise, 44, 45, 113, 120, 122-23, 128, 129, 142, 146, 191, 192, 200, 207, 216, 233, 250, 254, 258-60, 282-87

  on Mar-May 1942 cruise, 311, 316-17, 319-21, 323, 325, 336, 360-62, 364, 368, 371, 375, 377,404

  as NATO admiral, 417

  Schug (U-boat captain), 252

  Schuhart, Otto, 187

  Schüler, Wolf-Harald, 311,319, 332, 399

  Schulz, Heinz, 301

  on Dec. 1941-Jan. 1942 cruise, 7-8, 101-6, 118, 120-22, 125-26, 194, 207, 236, 261, 263, 277-78.282-85

  on Mar.-Mav 1942 cruise, 311, 312, 318, 325, 333. 368-75,400,404

  Schulz, Wilhelm, 24-33

  Schütze, Viktor, 6, 79, 80

  Sea Train Texas (ship), 258

  Sebring (Florida), 351

  Secret Lady (British Wren), 156

  Seigel, Hans, xi, 49, 50, 114, 325

  Serbino (ship), 59

  “Shark.” See TRITON code Sharp, Alexander, 238

  Shaw, Bertie E., 57-62

  Sherwood, Robert E., 92 “Shoot on sight” policy, 87-89

  Shreveport (Louisiana), 351 “Sighted sub, sank same,” 275, 378

  Signal Intelligence Section (SIS), 163

  Sims, William Sowden, 462

  Sinkov, Abraham, 443-44

  Siren, U.S.S.. 176

  Skagerrak. 72

  Skerbergs, Karl, 262

  Slettebarg, Anton. 218

  Small craft, 176, 178-81, 221, 308, 332-33, 347, 351-55,447

  blame for lack of, 462-63

  Hardegen on danger of, 406

  ships convoyed by, 385-88

  submarines sunk by, 382-84

  Smith, Glen W.. 365

  Soconv-Vacuutn (ship). 262, 327

  Somers, USS, 448

  Sonar, 384, 392, 473

  Sound detection, 48, 117-18, 432-33. See also ASDIC

  Souza, Jules, 400-401

  Soviel Union

  Germany’s war with, 45, 82, 96-97, 298

  isolationism and fear of, 94

  Turner’s prediction of early war between Japan and, 160, 414

  Spaatz, Carl, 355

  Spain, neutrality of, 45, 51, 224, 432

  Spindelmühle, 3′9, 78

  Spreewald (German blockade runner), 292-95

  Squalus, USS (submarine), 187

  Stakeshv (ship), 27

  Stapler, John T. C, 221-22, 327

  Stark, Harold R. (“Betty”), 92, 168-70, 172, 179-80, 182, 189, 299. 303-5, 351, 353, 397,415

  Starling, HMS, 458

  Station Hvpo (U.S. Navy), 162

  Station Négat (U.S. Navy), 162

  Station X (Great Britain), 150

  Steel Seafarer (ship), 91

  Stewart, Charles, 57

  Stilwell, Joseph W., 166

  Stimson, Henry L., 175, 465

  Strait of Belle Isle. 59, 66, 136, 143

  Straits of Florida, xvii, 358

  Stummel, Ludwig, 134

  Submarine Chaser Training Center, 384

  Submarine chasers. 1
76, 178-81, 221, 308, 332-33, 347, 352,447

  Hardegen on danger of, 406

  Submarines

  British, 72

  claimed and actual tonnage sunk by, 453

  German. See also Battle of the Atlantic; Operation Drumbeat; Survivors

  admirals in command of. See Dönitz, Karl; Godt, Eberhard

  air raids on bases of, 6, 30

  bridge leather harnesses on, 140, 191-93,314

  British triangulation of position of, 131-32, 149-50

  carbon dioxide and hydrogen levels, 282, 428

  casualties, xxi

  on Central European Time, 109

  Churchill on danger of, 435

  climate inside, 109, 193

  conning tower on, 467

  control room, 101-2

  deepest dives, 126, 439

  description of, 9-11, 25-26, 42-43, 101-2, 107-18

  diving procedure, 101-6

  dummv signals bv, 133

  E-motors. 195-96, 468, 470

  Ellsberg’s denigration of power of, 187

  engine rooms in, 427-28

  escape from, 118-20, 468

  escutcheons on, 10-11. 24

  false U.S. claims of sinking of, 267-68

  Florida sports cruiser warned, 354

  freighter mistaken by USS Hamilton for, 268-69

  French bases lost, 397

  fuel capacity of, xvi fuel transferred between submarines, 272

  grid charts and coding, 130-35

  heads in, 423-24

  Hitler’s picture in, 120 “hunter-Killer” groups vs., 393

  little boats vs.. 176, 178-81, 221, 308, 332-33, 347.351-55,447

  motto of, 54, 81

  Nazi influence on, 430

  night communication between, 205

  “The Night of the Long Knives,” 32, 453

  1939 number of, 75

  1940 reduction of construction, 395 1940

  successes of, 75 1942-1943

  number of, 395-96 1943

  offensive of, 388, 395-96

  number of boats lost, xxi

  number supposedly sunk (to Apr. 1942), 378

  numbering system for, 10

  official uniforms of crew, 301

  pay, 112, 136

  radar detection by, 394

  saboteurs landed, 379-80

  Schnorchel on, 394-95

  submarine commander executed, 52

  surface refueling of, 124, 134, 135

  training, 21, 23, 34, 408

  trim on, 191-6, 312.421-22

  Type IID described, 34

  Type VIIC described, 90, 98, 308

  Type IXB described, 9-11, 42-43, 101-2, 107-8,431

  Type XIV described, 348

  Type XXI described, 396

  Type XXIII described, 396

  U.S. neutrality and, 51, 64, 85-93

  victory pennants, 33, 61, 296, 299, 404, 408

  weather reporting, 26, 28, 75, 92-93, 437

  will power to be used against sex, 315

  wireless reporting by, 46, 49, 51, 58, 68, 89

  Japanese, West Coast attacks by, 167

  lookouts on, 204-5

  surface travel and tactics of, 8-9, 89-90

  U.S.

  best record of, xxi compared to German submarines, 20, 427, 439

 

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