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Reply #30 - Aug 4^th, 2005 at 6:05pm

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Unlikely that it was mentioned in the book. But on the other hand, Buchheim himself directed the movie.

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Reply #31 - Aug 4^th, 2005 at 6:14pm

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Ah OK. I forgot about that. It's even longer since I read the book.

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Reply #32 - Aug 4^th, 2005 at 8:16pm

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how many u-boats where built?

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Reply #33 - Aug 5^th, 2005 at 5:10am

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As far as I know and without looking for references, about 580 boats of all types.
Of the fine and advanced type XXI however, only 30 were built and only two of those were commisioned. The type XXI was the best U-Boat of the war and it was the first true submarine. It was two and a half times as fast as its predecessors when being under water and it was nearly undetectable.
But again, it was one of the "too little in numbers, too late" weapons of the Reich.

http://www.uboatwar.net/XXI.htm

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Reply #34 - Aug 5^th, 2005 at 11:12am

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I don't remember now. It's been a long time since I last watched Das Boot, too long. He was one of the old hands & lost it. The Captain threatened to shoot him & he meant it.

This thread made mere watch Das Boot on DVD, a superb war film, almost imo, upthere with Saving Private Ryan for realism. - A far better story, Das Boot.

I had'nt considered the Book, I'll look it up!

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Reply #35 - Aug 6^th, 2005 at 4:37am

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Mass suicide. The last thing to happen on an U-Boat was an uprise against the commander.

*the last thing*
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Reply #36 - Aug 6^th, 2005 at 6:08am

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*the last thing*
Ugh... usurping my place as renderer of inane statements
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Aaaaaaaaargh! You're worse than Felix. Wink

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Reply #37 - Aug 6^th, 2005 at 7:38pm

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As far as I know and without looking for references, about 580 boats of all types.
Of the fine and advanced type XXI however, only 30 were built and only two of those were commisioned. The type XXI was the best U-Boat of the war and it was the first true submarine. It was two and a half times as fast as its predecessors when being under water and it was nearly undetectable.
But again, it was one of the "too little in numbers, too late" weapons of the Reich.

http://www.uboatwar.net/XXI.htm

any survive the war? any in a museum or something?

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Reply #38 - Aug 7^th, 2005 at 6:07am

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Yup. One type XXI in Bremerhaven, Germany (http://uboat.net/boats/u2540.htm) and a type VIIC in Laboe, Germany and one type IX in New York.

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Reply #39 - Aug 8^th, 2005 at 8:01am

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I'm still reading Das Boot. After I read it I'll watch it (if I can get the DVD Roll Eyes

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Reply #40 - Aug 12^th, 2005 at 9:14pm

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Yup. One type XXI in Bremerhaven, Germany (http://uboat.net/boats/u2540.htm) and a type VIIC in Laboe, Germany and one type IX in New York.

A U-boat in NYC? Where? I know there are a few lying in the Hudson Trench Wink

, but never heard of a surviving German sub on display in New York... ???

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Reply #41 - Aug 12^th, 2005 at 10:33pm

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There is a remarkable Type IXC boat on display at the Chicago Museum of Science and Industry. It's the U-505 which was captured 2 days before D-Day off the coast of west Africa. Restored to near perfect condition.

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Reply #42 - Aug 13^th, 2005 at 7:17am

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Yeah, I was talking about U-505.

Sorry, Rotty. But nonetheless,you've still got that carrier in NY. Wink

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Reply #43 - Aug 13^th, 2005 at 11:55am

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That would be the USS Intreped. Just got off that boat a few months ago. The history on that ship is amazing. The carrier was hit by a few kamikazee's and bombs in the pacific and badly damaged. The skipper announced over the ships PA system the abandon ship order. But the PA system was inoperative and none of the crew received the message. They stayed at their stations fighting off attackers and repairing damage and actually kept the sinking carrier afloat. It returned to port mostly in one piece under its own power.

It is a great museum and is also home to such things as the the original Iwo Jima monument cast, F-16's the SR-71 a cool 360 degree pitch and roll full motion flight simulator (really fun) - Its presence is even graced with the concorde. I recommend a visit to the Intrepid to anyone.

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