Brett Coster wrote:
> Apparently there are rumours (and that's all they are) of U-boats off the US
> coast sending crew ashore to buy bread and other supplies. Looks like the
> idea I had of a U-boat attack inside New York falls into the same category -
> urban myth. But some 397 ships were sunk off the US coast during 1941/42,
> and only about 7 U-boats sunk in that time (off America).
Off the coast of the US & Canada, 285 ships were sunk from
January-August 1942, while 7 U-boats were sunk in that same period.
My source on this is the appendix of _Torpedo Junction_ by Homer H.
Hickam, Jr. (All the vessels in question are enumerated there.)
I'll probably be packing that book soon. Sam has taken to pulling books
off shelves, so the more that are packed away, the less energy we have
to spend making sure he doesn't destroy them. The new house will have a
dedicated library, and there will be a baby gate between all the places
he's supposed to be and that room, so it won't be so much of an issue
there.
Julia
