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JScones · 05-18-07, 03:07 AM

The assertion that operational U-boats were regularly overhauled and repainted is supported in a recorded conversation between German sailors in captivity, as published in Black May by Michael Gannon (Aurum Press, 1998) –

Radioman from the surface tanker Germania: Is a boat [U-boat] painted each time it sails?
Spitz [U-boat sailor]: Yes, scraped and repainted.
Kalisch [Second U-boat sailor]: Strelow’s boat [U 435] once came back entirely covered with rust; he had been out for twelve or thirteen weeks. The whole boat was a reddish-brown.

(extract from "Kriegsmarine U-Boat Colours & Markings" by Dougie Martindale)

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05-18-07, 03:07 AM	#6
JScones Navy Seal Join Date: Apr 2005 Posts: 5,501 Downloads: 19 Uploads: 0	The assertion that operational U-boats were regularly overhauled and repainted is supported in a recorded conversation between German sailors in captivity, as published in Black May by Michael Gannon (Aurum Press, 1998) – Radioman from the surface tanker Germania: Is a boat [U-boat] painted each time it sails? Spitz [U-boat sailor]: Yes, scraped and repainted. Kalisch [Second U-boat sailor]: Strelow’s boat [U 435] once came back entirely covered with rust; he had been out for twelve or thirteen weeks. The whole boat was a reddish-brown. (extract from "Kriegsmarine U-Boat Colours & Markings" by Dougie Martindale)