TY  - BOOK
AU  - Sears,David
TI  - Duel in the deep: the hunters, the hunted, and a high seas fight to the finish 
SN  - 9781682475607
PY  - 2023///
CY  - Annapolis, MD
PB  - Naval Institute Press
KW  - Borie (Destroyer : DD215)
KW  - U-405 (Submarine)
KW  - World War, 1939-1945
KW  - Campaigns
KW  - Atlantic Ocean
KW  - Naval operations
KW  - Submarine
N1  - Includes bibliographical references and index
N2  - "In autumn 1943, the Battle of the Atlantic reaches a new crescendo. Aircraft and new weaponry dominate a seascape where German U-boats once ruled. And unexpectedly, in eerie Halloween darkness, an elemental hull-to-deck, sailor-to-submariner duel erupts. Outmoded U.S. Navy destroyer Borie, setting out alone on Halloween 1943, traps a U-boat on the surface. On impulse, Borie's young, untested skipper resorts to the original, and for a time the only, means of sinking a submarine: ramming, full speed ahead. Borie's collision with U405 ignites a swashbuckling brawl of cannons, machine guns, small arms, even knives and spent shell casings. In the wreckage of the aftermath desperate sailors on both sides fight for survival in a heaving, frigid, unforgiving sea. Duel in the Deep weaves high-stakes strategy and lethal gamesmanship with poignant human backstories, pounding air/surface/subsurface action, and wrenching sacrifice"--
ER  -