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THE LISTENERS
U-BOAT HUNTERS
DURING THE GREAT WAR
ROY R. MANSTAN
THE LISTENERS
WESLEYAN UNIVERSITY PRESS
MIDDLETOWN, CONNECTICUT
Wesleyan University Press
Middletown CT 06459
© 2018 Roy R. Manstan
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Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data
Names: Manstan, Roy R., author.
Title: The listeners : U-boat hunters during the Great War / Roy R. Manstan.
Other titles: U-boat hunters during the Great War
Description: Middletown CT : Wesleyan University Press, [2018] | Series: Garnet books | Includes bibliographical references and index. | Identifiers: LCCN 2018017912 (print) | LCCN 2018020180 (ebook) | ISBN 9780819578372 (ebook) | ISBN 9780819578358 (cloth)
Subjects: LCSH: World War, 1914–1918—Naval operations—Submarine. | Anti-submarine warfare—United States—History—20th century. | United States Naval Engineering Experiment Station—History. | World War, 1914–1918—Connecticut—New London. | Hydrophone—History—20th century. | Submarines (Ships)—Germany—History—20th century. | World War, 1914–1918—Aerial operations. | World War, 1914–1918—Campaigns—Atlantic Ocean.
Classification: LCC D590 (ebook) | LCC D590.M36 2018 (print) | DDC 940.4/5160973—dc23
LC record available at https://lccn.loc.gov/2018017912
Front cover illustration: Submarine UB-148 at sea. Courtesy: National Archives, photo no. 19-N-11434.
CONTENTS
PREFACE: SUBMARINE WARFARE-ITS GENESIS IN CONNECTICUT / VII
INTRODUCTION: THE WAR TO END ALL WARS / 1
CHAPTER 1: PREDATOR AND PREY / 11
CHAPTER 2: THE FIRTH OF FORTH / 20
CHAPTER 3: SIGHS OF A LOVESICK MERMAID / 29
CHAPTER 4: HUNTING SUBMARINES FROM SHORE / 40
CHAPTER 5: A GAME OF HIDE AND SEEK / 46
CHAPTER 7: AMERICA AWAKENS / 62
CHAPTER 8: PREPARING FOR THE INEVITABLE / 70
CHAPTER 9: AMERICA ENTERS THE WAR / 79
CHAPTER 10: CROSSING THE ATLANTIC / 88
CHAPTER 11: THE FIRST TENTATIVE STEPS / 94
CHAPTER 12: PHYSICS PURE AND SIMPLE / 101
CHAPTER 13: A SOUND DETECTOR OF EXCEEDING DELICACY / 110
CHAPTER 14: FROM THE LABORATORY TO SEA / 122
CHAPTER 15: MATTERS OF LIFE AND DEATH / 136
CHAPTER 16: A “PROBABLE” FIRST KILL / 150
CHAPTER 17: COLDEST WINTER ON RECORD / 163
CHAPTER 18: THE NAVAL RESERVE FLYING CORPS / 172
CHAPTER 19: LISTENERS IN THE SKY / 181
CHAPTER 20: THE CRAZY AMERICAN—U-BOATS BEWARE / 201
CHAPTER 21: INVISIBLE LIGHT AND OTHER MAGIC / 215
CHAPTER 22: U-BOATS WESTWARD TO AMERICA / 228
CHAPTER 23: AMERICA EASTWARD TO THE WAR / 240
