Wolf-Pack Tactics
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Title (Dublin Core)
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Wolf-Pack Tactics
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Article Title and/or Image Caption (Dublin Core)
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Wolf-Pack Tactics. Here's How the U-boat Hunts Its Prey
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[oer threat to the U.S. as a fight- |
ing ally on foreign soils, and as an arsenal |
of democracy that actually delivers the |
goods, is Germany's great wolf packs of the
deep—her fleet of some 700 modern U-boats.
With a surface speed of 17 1/2 knots, which
is as fast as many ocean liners, and a sub- |
merged speed of eight knots—at which tank-
ers and cargo ships often cruise—the mod-
ern undersea raider is a very different prop-
osition from that which prowled the oceans
in the first World War. The average U-boat
now plying the seven seas is about 221 feet
long and capable of cruising for six weeks
or more without refueling.
Above deck, in its superstruc-
ture, and below deck it can car-
ry a total of from 12 to 14 tor-
pedoes. These can be launched
at enemy ships from four tubes
in the bow and one in the stern.
Drawings on these pages,
made by G. H. Davis for the
Illustrated London News, show
some of the tricks employed by
undersea raiders in concealing
themselves while they stalk
their prey. The Battle of the
Atlantic is largely a matter of
matching wits with these un-
dersea wolves.
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Language (Dublin Core)
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eng
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Date Issued (Dublin Core)
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1943-07
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pages (Bibliographic Ontology)
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76-77
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Rights (Dublin Core)
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Public Domain (Google digitized)
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Archived by (Dublin Core)
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Matteo Ridolfi
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Alberto Bordignon (Supervisor)
Popular Science Monthly, v. 143, n. 1, 1943
