.....Fresh food supplies lasted only two weeks on U-Boats? Everything else had to come out of cans or containers.

Fresh water was taken along from the base. Limited distilled water was only produced for the batteries.

....There was no refrigerator as such or even a water cooler on board?

.....U-Boats did not have air conditioners or even heaters on board? Temperatures inside the boat reached 140 (F) degrees in the tropics, whereas in the Atlantic or in the Arctic the temperatures were equal to the temperature of the sea.

Little Known Submarine Facts

This quiz began in KTB #102 and is intended for your enjoyment only, and to improve your knowledge of submarine & naval history. Please do not send your answers here - KTB #112 has the answers.

Answers to last month's quiz:

41. At the beginning of World War II, the I.J.N. had ten aircraft carriers and the US Navy had seven, but only three were in the Pacific.

42. The newest aircraft carrier in the US Fleet was USS HORNET which had not even made her maiden voyage by Dec. 7th.

43. The US Navy Chaplain who won the CONGRESSIONAL MEDAL of HONOR was LCDR T. J. O'Callahan for his performance aboard 'BIG BEN', the aircraft carrier USS BENJAMIN FRANKLIN after she was attacked by numerous KAMIKAZE planes off Japan in March, 1945

44. German U-Boats were extremely successful off the American east coast in early '42. In the 1st four months of 1942, 87 ships were sunk off that coast - 41 ships in May alone.

45. The 18th most successful US Navy submarine C.O.was Robert E. Dornin. Over three war patrols of USS TRIGGER (SS 237), he sank 13 ships.

For KTB #112 next month, do you know

46. What was the Italian battleship sunk by German aircraft while enroute from La Spezia to Malta, on 9 September 1943?

47. Which US Navy battleship sustained the LEAST loss of life during the attack on Pearl Harbor?

48. Which US Navy battleship sustained the GREATEST loss of life during the attack on Pearl Harbor?

49. Which two Royal Navy battleships were sunk at Alexandria by the Italians on 19 December, 1942?

50. Who was the 17th most successful USN submarine Skipper?

Scratch your head and watch out for splinters, as my old Algebra professor used to say. I never did figure that out . . .