I didn't realise it was based on a true event. I will be surfing the net later to find out more about the actual event.

U-505 can be seen today at the Chicago Museum of science and industry. I took a tour about 25 years ago.
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Cob

Cob, I envy you the chance to lok round an actual piece of hardwear from WW2. It must have been a great experience to have actually set foot inside. I was once lucky enough to take a bomber command veteran to see a restored Halifax bomber and the stories he told me about when he was on ops were fantastic. We only got to view it from a distance, not actually climb aboard like you were lucky enough to do on U-505.
Martin

ModlrMike, didn't the Japanese have a superior type of torpedo which suited the shallower water in Pearl Harbour? I believe it was called the Long Lance. If I remember right it was thought that Pearl anchorage was too shallow for torpedo attack with the torpedoes in service with most countries at the time, as when air dropped they initially ran too deep.