U-234 mention in the paper

Thanks for the info....

Notice there is a DVD and books on this sub (search amazon for U-234)

Also here is info on the 'final resting place'

http://www.uboatarchive.net/U-234.htm

Mark


"Gooneybird" wrote in message
...
I vaguely recall that the U-234 was one of those cargo-carrying subs not
designed for underwater combat, and they were somewhat larger than the
rest of
the U-boat fleet.

I just checked Google and came up with this at
http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/nova/lostsub/map_u0234.html:



U-234
Cargo U-boat bound for Japan when war ended, surrendered to U.S.
authorities at sea carrying a total cargo of 260 tons, including uranium
oxide
ore, mercury, and the component parts for an Me 262 jet fighter.

Type: X B
Built: Germaniawerft, Kiel
Keel laid: 1 October 1941
Launched: 23 December 1943
Commissioned: 2 March 1944
Commander: KL Johann-Heinrich Fehler
Fate: Surrendered to destroyer escort USS Sutton east of the Flemish
Cap,
14 May 1945, after two Japanese passengers committed suicide. Other
passengers
bound for Japan included several Luftwaffe officers and technical
specialists
intended to improve Japanese aircraft defenses. The U.S. Navy used U-234
for
experimental trials and then sank her off Cape Cod, November 1946.

George Z.









"Mark" wrote in message
m...
Submarines must have been a lot roomier than thought after watching "Das
Boot"

Perhaps lashed to the deck??

Mark

"vzlion" wrote in message
...
I there was a Me262 on board it never saw the light of day. There is
no record of it appearing anywhere in the US.

Walt

There was an Me 262 on board. The uranium may have been intended as
catalyst for the production of methanol and fuel additives from coal.
It
has to be said that the Germans did have a nuclear weapons program.

When will these documents be declassified?







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