We Captured a U-Boat

by Daniel V. Gallery

Capture of the U-505

Genres: History, Naval History

248 pages, hardcover

First published January 1, 1958

About the author

Daniel Vincent Gallery was a Rear Admiral in the United States Navy. He saw extensive action during World War II, fighting U-Boats during the Battle of the Atlantic, where his most notable achievement was the June 4, 1944, capture of the German submarine U-505. After the war, Gallery was a prolific author of fiction and non-fiction. During the post-war military cutbacks, he wrote a series of articles criticizing the heavy reductions being made to the US Navy. These articles placed him at odds with the Truman administration during the episode which became known as the Revolt of the Admirals.
The so-called "Revolt of the Admirals" broke out during Louis Johnson's tenure as Secretary of Defense under Harry Truman in 1948. Johnson planned to scrap the carrier fleet, merge the Marine Corps into the Army, and reduce the Navy to a convoy-escort force. Gallery wrote a series of articles for The Saturday Evening Post fiercely criticizing these plans. The final article, "Don't Let Them Scuttle the Navy!" was so inflammatory that Gallery barely escaped court-martial for insubordination. Even so, the episode cost Gallery his third star. It effectively finished his career, though he served 12 more years on active duty. At the time of his forced retirement in 1960 (for "health reasons") he was second in seniority on the Rear Admirals' List.

Reviews

[Nicolai]

jeg kunne ikke finde min udgave af bogen, så jeg burger den her i stedet.

Udgaven jeg har læst var på dansk og havde en del fejl, som datoer og navne på begivenheder. Hvis man kan kigge bort fra det, er det en fin bog som sagtens kan læses i ferien.

[Fredrick Danysh · Rating 3 out of 5]

Gallery writes about the capture of a German submarine in the Caribbean Sea during World War II. Covers the teamwork practiced by the US Navy during this endeavor.