The Merchant U-Boat: Adventures of the Deutschland, 1916-1918

by Dwight R. Messimer

Book Overview

Everyone with a taste for adventure and intrigue will appreciate this entertaining and informative book. Based on the World War I records of the German navy, the British Admiralty, the U. S. Department of State, and contemporary newspaper reports, it offers the first detailed account of the unorthodox activities of the Deutschland. This uniquely designed U-boat, built with an exceptionally wide beam to carry cargo, was Germany's desperate response...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0870217712
• ISBN13: 9780870217715
• Release Date: January 1988
• Publisher: US Naval Institute Press
• Length: 234 Pages
• Weight: 1.25 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 6.2" x 9.2"