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From the New York Times bestselling author of Washington's Spies, "a page-turning thriller" (James M. Scott) about ​one of the greatest heists in history: the U.S. Navy's clandestine capture of a Nazi U-boat at the climax of World War II.

Shortly before noon on June 4, 1944, the sonar operator on a destroyer prowling off the coast of West Africa heard a sharp, metallic ping. The sound could mean only one thing: The German submarine that their hunter-killer group had been tracking, U-505, was lurking somewhere below. The ensuing struggle between exhausted hunter and venomous prey would make history when American sailors boarded an enemy warship at sea for the first time since the War of 1812.

That day's victory was the culmination of an unrelenting campaign against the Nazi submarine threat by the U.S. Navy's "Tenth Fleet"--a mysterious unit that could predict the locations and movement of Hitler's U-boats. Run by Commander Kenneth Knowles, Tenth Fleet had guided Captain Dan Gallery to U-505; to repay the favor, Gallery was going to steal an Enigma machine for him.

Now all they had to do was to make an entire U-boat, its crew, and its secrets vanish into thin air . . .

In this swashbuckling adventure story, bestselling historian Alexander Rose draws on long-classified encrypted documents and intercepted German transmissions to reveal in full, for the first time, how an owlish egghead and a glory-seeking buccaneer teamed up to score the richest prize on the high seas.

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  • Title Phantom Fleet: The Hunt for Nazi Submarine U-505 and World War II's Most Daring Heist
  • Author Alexander Rose
  • Binding Hardback
  • Pages 352
  • Volumes 1
  • Language ENG
  • Publisher Little Brown and Company
  • Publication date 2025-05-20
  • Illustrated Yes
  • Features Bibliography, Illustrated, Index
  • ISBN 9780316564472 / 0316564478
  • Weight 1.23 lbs (0.56 kg)
  • Dimensions 9.41 x 6.38 x 0.96 in (23.90 x 16.21 x 2.44 cm)
  • Themes
    • Chronological Period: 1940's
  • Category History - Military / War
  • Library of Congress subjects United States, World War, 1939-1945 - Cryptography
  • Library of Congress Catalogue Number 2024948939
  • Dewey Decimal Code 940.545

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  • Kirkus Reviews, 04/01/2025, Page 0
  • Publishers Weekly, 03/31/2025, Page 0

About the author

Alexander Rose is the author of numerous books, including The Lion & The Fox, Empires of the Sky, Men of War, American Rifle, and the New York Times-bestselling Washington's Spies, which was adapted into the AMC drama series Turn: Washington's Spies, for which he served as a writer/producer. He writes the Spionage Substack and his website is www.alexrose.com.
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