Catching a play on Broadway?

[emtmedic005]

Now i dont know if this is true or not but there are some reports saying that a German U-Boat captain and his officers went to a Broadway play in NYC? Would they be able to do that? And Can a German sub dock in NYC harbor?

[mookiemookie]

No. As far is as known from records on both sides, no German U-boat crews ever went ashore in the U.S. At one point they did drop off saboteurs (in New Jersey and Florida I believe) who were quickly captured, and I think I remember reading somewhere that they might have landed in Canada at some point.

There are rumors that a bread wrapper from a U.S. bakery was found on a captured U-boat, but since U-boats used to scavenge supplies from boats they boarded and sunk, this is the most likely explanation if the story is indeed true.

The closest thing that I know of to this story was during Operation Drumbeat. According to Gannon's book on Drumbeat, Reinhard Hardegen of U-123 was so close to New York city that he could see the buildings, lit up bright as day. Made sinking ships easier since they were silhouetted against the bright lights!

As for docking in NYC, go ahead and try it. I guarantee you won't get a warm welcome to the Big Apple.

[Letum]

On the first beats of the drum when U-123 got to the US coast it was able to cruise at decks awash only a few hundred meters from American pleasure boats and the coast.
no one knew what a conning tower looked like so everyone thought it was just some odd looking pleasure boat.

[_Seth_]

Originally Posted by Letum

...no one knew what a conning tower looked like so everyone thought it was just some odd looking pleasure boat.

:rotfl::rotfl::rotfl:
"Oh, john, darling, look at that strange boat.."
"No worries, my dear, thats just some rich snob showin' off hes newest luxury yacht.."
"But why is that man hanging up side down from that weird pole on top of it..?"
"Oh, darling, please enjoy your sangria... He is probably a complete Bernard just showing off..."
(So close to the truth..)

[mookiemookie]

Originally Posted by _Seth_

:rotfl::rotfl::rotfl:

What? I consider U-46 to be my pleasure boat. I just happen to get pleasure from sinking lots of tonnage!

[Jimbuna]

Originally Posted by _Seth_

:rotfl::rotfl::rotfl:
"Oh, john, darling, look at that strange boat.."
"No worries, my dear, thats just some rich snob showin' off hes newest luxury yacht.."
"But why is that man hanging up side down from that weird pole on top of it..?"
"Oh, darling, please enjoy your sangria... He is probably a complete Bernard just showing off..."
(So close to the truth..)

:rotfl: :rotfl:

Wasn't there an old black and white film made about those spies getting caught ? :hmm:

[KLARCH]

Originally Posted by mookiemookie

At one point they did drop off saboteurs (in New Jersey and Florida I believe)

Not New Jersey, but on Long Island and Florida.

http://www.fbi.gov/libref/historic/f.../nazi/nazi.htm

[AVGWarhawk]

Originally Posted by mookiemookie

No. As far is as known from records on both sides, no German U-boat crews ever went ashore in the U.S. At one point they did drop off saboteurs (in New Jersey and Florida I believe) who were quickly captured, and I think I remember reading somewhere that they might have landed in Canada at some point.

There are rumors that a bread wrapper from a U.S. bakery was found on a captured U-boat, but since U-boats used to scavenge supplies from boats they boarded and sunk, this is the most likely explanation if the story is indeed true.

The closest thing that I know of to this story was during Operation Drumbeat. According to Gannon's book on Drumbeat, Reinhard Hardegen of U-123 was so close to New York city that he could see the buildings, lit up bright as day. Made sinking ships easier since they were silhouetted against the bright lights!

As for docking in NYC, go ahead and try it. I guarantee you won't get a warm welcome to the Big Apple.

Mookie is right on the money here. No u-boat crew landed on the coast and had breakfast at McDonalds. Just myth. Spys were quickly caught. There was a rescue attempt in Canada for imprisoned uboat crews that was foiled. We knew they were coming.