Once more down the rabbit hole.
Once more down the rabbit hole.
Over the past several weeks H. Richard Loeb has been talking about the German U boat U-505 and its interment within a Chicago museum. The Chicago RPE revealed that the Americans came into possession of a tecthulhu after it captured the U-505. So the question then, that comes to my mind, and I’m sure many others, is was this part or the whole of the tecthulhu?
We know that a tecthuhlu was discovered in Argentina, and we thought that was the only one brought from Germany. Now with the discovery of the one found about 505, questions arose and answers needed to be found.
Starting with U505, I found the logs and began reading them. 3 times, they surfaced after hearing noised and found nothing, which is strange itself but doesn’t answer my questions(saving for another time). So my focus was then on how did the 505 gain a tecthulhu and how did one end up in Argentina?
U123 made several transatlantic trips, most times ending up in Bremuda. Her 12th patrol, 9 January – 24 April 1944, resulted in no action. This was unusual for a U-boat with such a celebrated history. 27 downed ships. Now, why would a U-boat with such a history not take out more boats in its last year of service? Because it was transporting something of great importance.
7 April 1944, U505 met up with U123. Now, this was significant for 2 reasons. One had to do with the transference of the Enigma code, which changes monthly and is necessary for keeping the Allies from figuring what the Germans were planning. The second, and this is my belief, was the transference of a piece of the tecthulhu.
After this transfer, she returned to Lorient unable to repeat her success, on 24 April 1944. She was taken out of service in June of that same year and scuttled in August.
She was taken out of service in June of 1944. The same month and year that U505 was captured.
So here we have a ship that has made multiple transatlantic trips meeting with another ship that makes frequent trips to Biscay Bay and a transfer of something, or somethings. Could U505 have had a piece of the tecthulhu and transferred it to U123?
Could this be why U123 didn’t sink any ships in its last patrol? Because it was reclassified as a transport vessel?
Could the Germans know that the 505 had been captured and decided to ground the 123 to keep the Allies from finding more of the tecthulhu?
It took 2 months for the Germans to scuttle the 123. Were they attempting to hide what they were truly using it for?
Is this suggesting that there are more pieces to this tecthulhu?
Will we ever know the answers?
Edgar Allan Wright
flint dille
Hank Johnson
Misty Hannah
Over the past several weeks H. Richard Loeb has been talking about the German U boat U-505 and its interment within a Chicago museum. The Chicago RPE revealed that the Americans came into possession of a tecthulhu after it captured the U-505. So the question then, that comes to my mind, and I’m sure many others, is was this part or the whole of the tecthulhu?
We know that a tecthuhlu was discovered in Argentina, and we thought that was the only one brought from Germany. Now with the discovery of the one found about 505, questions arose and answers needed to be found.
Starting with U505, I found the logs and began reading them. 3 times, they surfaced after hearing noised and found nothing, which is strange itself but doesn’t answer my questions(saving for another time). So my focus was then on how did the 505 gain a tecthulhu and how did one end up in Argentina?
U123 made several transatlantic trips, most times ending up in Bremuda. Her 12th patrol, 9 January – 24 April 1944, resulted in no action. This was unusual for a U-boat with such a celebrated history. 27 downed ships. Now, why would a U-boat with such a history not take out more boats in its last year of service? Because it was transporting something of great importance.
7 April 1944, U505 met up with U123. Now, this was significant for 2 reasons. One had to do with the transference of the Enigma code, which changes monthly and is necessary for keeping the Allies from figuring what the Germans were planning. The second, and this is my belief, was the transference of a piece of the tecthulhu.
After this transfer, she returned to Lorient unable to repeat her success, on 24 April 1944. She was taken out of service in June of that same year and scuttled in August.
She was taken out of service in June of 1944. The same month and year that U505 was captured.
So here we have a ship that has made multiple transatlantic trips meeting with another ship that makes frequent trips to Biscay Bay and a transfer of something, or somethings. Could U505 have had a piece of the tecthulhu and transferred it to U123?
Could this be why U123 didn’t sink any ships in its last patrol? Because it was reclassified as a transport vessel?
Could the Germans know that the 505 had been captured and decided to ground the 123 to keep the Allies from finding more of the tecthulhu?
It took 2 months for the Germans to scuttle the 123. Were they attempting to hide what they were truly using it for?
Is this suggesting that there are more pieces to this tecthulhu?
Will we ever know the answers?
Edgar Allan Wright
flint dille
Hank Johnson
Misty Hannah
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