A interisting battle

[WilhelmSchulz.]

on Oct. 31, 1943(hollween) The USS Borie entered into a ver intereting battle with the U-405. The two ships where locked in close combat after U-405 was blown to the surface. And when I say close I mean close like stuck together. The crew of the Borie came on deck with tommyguns and 45's to attack the U-Boat crew who maned there guns. One sailer took a sheath knife and therw it at a crewmen maning a gun in the U-Boat hiting him in the gut. A Chief on the DD took a spent spent 4-inch shell and threw it at another crewmember and nocked the man into the water. Talk about a interisting battle. http://forums.ubi.com/images/smilies/16x16_smiley-very-happy.gif http://forums.ubi.com/images/smilies/88.gif

[stabiz]

Holy crap. Pirates of the Atlantic. :huh:

[_Seth_]

:o:o:o Thats what i call fighting...

[bookworm_020]

Talk about waiting till you see the whites of there eyes.....:o:o:o

[Hartmann]

Another interesting battle :hmm:

the close dogfight at a black point range during 35 minutes of the U-210 and the HMCS Assiniboine, with deck guns and machine guns.

finally the boat was rammed and sunk :roll:


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here you can read the repport

http://www.junobeach.org/e/2/can-eve-mob-gol-asb-e.htm

[bookworm_020]

The Borie - U-405 was used as the basis for the the film "The Enemy Below"

[Slick Rick]

on Oct. 31, 1943(hollween) The USS Borie entered into a ver intereting battle with the U-405. The two ships where locked in close combat after U-405 was blown to the surface. And when I say close I mean close like stuck together. The crew of the Borie came on deck with tommyguns and 45's to attack the U-Boat crew who maned there guns. One sailer took a sheath knife and therw it at a crewmen maning a gun in the U-Boat hiting him in the gut. A Chief on the DD took a spent spent 4-inch shell and threw it at another crewmember and nocked the man into the water. Talk about a interisting battle. http://forums.ubi.com/images/smilies/16x16_smiley-very-happy.gif http://forums.ubi.com/images/smilies/88.gif Wilhelm.....I bet you are a Sharkhunters member.....right??? :up: That was a hell of a battle.....

[Jimbuna]

Talk about 'pistols gentlemen at twenty paces' :rock:

[Sailor Steve]

The Borie - U-405 was used as the basis for the the film "The Enemy Below"
Not really. The battle as portrayed was a combination of the Borie - U-405 battle and the one between USS Buckley (DE-51) and U-66.
http://www.desausa.org/sinking_of_u_66.htm
http://www.uboat.net/allies/warships/ship/1355.html
The U-boat.net link has a camoflage paint scheme to die for.:|\\

The actual plot of the movie is taken directly from the book of the same name, by D.A. Rayner. In the book the Allied ship is a Flower (or so I'm told; I haven't read it yet).
http://www.abebooks.com/servlet/SearchResults?sts=t&y=0&tn=the+enemy+below&x=0

[SteamWake]

on Oct. 31, 1943(hollween) The USS Borie entered into a ver intereting battle with the U-405. The two ships where locked in close combat after U-405 was blown to the surface. And when I say close I mean close like stuck together. The crew of the Borie came on deck with tommyguns and 45's to attack the U-Boat crew who maned there guns. One sailer took a sheath knife and therw it at a crewmen maning a gun in the U-Boat hiting him in the gut. A Chief on the DD took a spent spent 4-inch shell and threw it at another crewmember and nocked the man into the water. Talk about a interisting battle. http://forums.ubi.com/images/smilies/16x16_smiley-very-happy.gif http://forums.ubi.com/images/smilies/88.gif

Where did you read about this ? Id like to read more.

[Sailor Steve]

http://destroyerhistory.org/flushdeck/ussborie/index.html

I also forgot to mention that Buckley's battle was the first time since the War of 1812 that a United States gave the order "Stand by to repel boarders".

[WilhelmSchulz.]

Where did you read about this ? Id like to read more.
Get the book "Bitter Ocean" by David Fairbank White. A verry good book. :yep:

[WilhelmSchulz.]

Wilhelm.....I bet you are a Sharkhunters member.....right??? :up: That was a hell of a battle.....
A Sharkhunters member? :-?

[Slick Rick]

www.sharkhunters.com (http://www.sharkhunters.com) They have been doing a running article on that very battle.....it is written by one of the survivors of the Borie......!

[WilhelmSchulz.]

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