{"product_id":"phantom-fleet-the-hunt-for-nazi-submarine-u-505-and-world-war-iis-most-daring-heist-9780316564472","title":"Phantom Fleet: The Hunt for Nazi Submarine U-505 and World War II's Most Daring Heist","description":"\u003cb\u003eFrom the \u003ci\u003eNew York Times\u003c\/i\u003e bestselling author of \u003ci\u003eWashington's Spies\u003c\/i\u003e, \"a page-turning thriller\" (James M. Scott) about ​one of the greatest heists in history: the U.S. Navy's clandestine capture of a Nazi U-boat at the climax of World War II.\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e Shortly before noon on June 4, 1944, the sonar operator on a destroyer prowling off the coast of West Africa heard a sharp, metallic \u003ci\u003eping\u003c\/i\u003e. The sound could mean only one thing: The German submarine that their hunter-killer group had been tracking, \u003ci\u003eU-505\u003c\/i\u003e, was lurking somewhere below. The ensuing struggle between exhausted hunter and venomous prey would make history when American sailors boarded an enemy warship at sea for the first time since the War of 1812. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e That day's victory was the culmination of an unrelenting campaign against the Nazi submarine threat by the U.S. Navy's \"Tenth Fleet\"--a mysterious unit that could predict the locations and movement of Hitler's U-boats. Run by Commander Kenneth Knowles, Tenth Fleet had guided Captain Dan Gallery to \u003ci\u003eU-505\u003c\/i\u003e; to repay the favor, Gallery was going to steal an Enigma machine for him. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e Now all they had to do was to make an entire U-boat, its crew, and its secrets vanish into thin air . . . \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e In this swashbuckling adventure story, bestselling historian Alexander Rose draws on long-classified encrypted documents and intercepted German transmissions to reveal in full, for the first time, how an owlish egghead and a glory-seeking buccaneer teamed up to score the richest prize on the high seas.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Alexander Rose\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Hardcover\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Little Brown and Company\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 05\/20\/2025\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 352\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 1.23lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.41h x 6.38w x 0.96d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780316564472","brand":"Little Brown and Company","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":43981206454409,"sku":"9780316564472","price":30.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0636\/9240\/6921\/files\/img_77f411b5-ed8e-4dad-9f15-ac86647cc6a7.jpg?v=1747118620","url":"https:\/\/sonsanddaughtersbooks.com\/products\/phantom-fleet-the-hunt-for-nazi-submarine-u-505-and-world-war-iis-most-daring-heist-9780316564472","provider":"Sons and Daughters Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}