Richie Kohler
Richie Kohler
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U-869 Gallery

John Chatterton and I with a few artifacts from the wreck. Once we recovered the box that identified the U boat, we brought the box and other artifacts to the U bot Archive in Germany U-869 crew at commisioning U869 Conning tower with open hatch, UZO is to the left, and persicope shears to the right. U869 Crew Roster U869 Diesel Motor room, excape trunk on deck and daily fule tank wedged between engines. U869 Forward torpedo loading hatch. U869 Hull plates falling off the starboard side ballast tanks. U869 Main air induction valves U869 redering of how the wreck looked in 1991 by Dan Crowell U869 Side Scan U869 Starboard-Diesel-engine U869 The tip of the bow, (upper section is broken away) U869 Torpedo lying on the deck in the forward torpedo room. U869 View inside the conning tower, attack periscope on the left. U869 Water tight deck cannister with remains of a rubber life raft. U869 Work bench and vise on the port side if of the diesel motor room U869
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