....of 16 U-Boats sent out of France in June of 1944 to attack the invasion fleet in the English Channel, 7 boats were lost on the outward journey, 5 more were damaged and were forced to return to base and that 1 out of 4 boats that succeeded in reaching the operation area was later destroyed?

.......while 'snorkeling,' the speed of a U-Boat was reduced to the speed of a person walking or at least to cycling speed? The periscope, used for observation, was vibrating too much. .

....the 'Schnorkel' was an air mast for ventilating the boat and supplying the much-needed air for the diesel engines?

Little Known Submarine Facts

This quiz began in KTB #102 and is intended for your enjoyment only & to improve your knowledge of submarine and naval history. Please do not send your answers here - KTB #114 has the answers.

51. The last major US Navy ship damaged in World War II was the battleship USS PENNSYLVANIA. Two days before the end of the war with Japan (12 August, 1945) she took a hit from a torpedo. USS PENNSYLVANIA was the only battleship at Pearl Harbor to receive no damage.

Correction "Dud Torpedo" (# 117)

52. Nobody missed this one - the Japanese surrender was signed on board the battleship USS MISSOURI which was Admiral Halsey's flagship.

53. Admiral Sir Bertram Ramsay was the Allied Expeditionary Force Naval Commander, and he was killed in a plane crash on New Year's Day of 1945.

54. The first US Navy battleship launched after the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor was USS WASHINGTON. She was the first battleship added to the fleet since the early 1920's.

55. The 16th most successful US Navy submarine Skipper was George E. Porter and he commanded USS BLUEFISH and USS SENNET. He sank 14 ships over 6 war patrols.

For KTB #114 next month - do you know:

56. What was the Japanese hospital ship AWA MARU carrying when she was sunk by the American submarine USS QUEENFISH on 1 April, 1945?

57. What was the name of the first LIBERTY SHIP ever built?

58. What were the two Japanese ships sunk in the 11 December 1941 invasion of Wake Island?

59. Who was the Commander in Chief of the Kriegsmarine (the German Navy) when the war broke out in 1939?

60. Who was the 15th most successful USN submarine Skipper?