The U-Boat Hunters

The author takes the listener on a tour of various ships used in WW1. He discusses the boats and the seamen who occupy them and their encounters with the German U-boats. It is a collection of short stories, each one complete, about them all. The author was also an Olympic athlete; winning a bronze, silver and gold medal in the Athens Olympics of 1896 and a silver in the Paris games of 1900.(Summary by wtomcho )

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queue_music Chapters 16

1 01 - Navy Ships 13:32
2 02 - Navy Men 13:44
3 03 - Seeing Them Across 15:53
4 04 - the U-boats Appear 24:25
5 05 - Crossing the Channel 21:46
6 06 - The Censors 17:10
7 07 - One They Didn't Get 17:59
8 08 - The Doctor Takes Charge 21:37
9 09 - The 343 Stays up 16:59
10 10 - The Cargo Boats 18:03
11 11 - Flotilla Humor -- At Sea 16:47
12 12 - Flotilla Humor -- Ashore 16:23
13 13 - The Unquenchable Destroyer Boys 21:20
14 14 - The Marines Have Landed 20:51
15 15 - The Navy As A Career 21:12
16 16 - The Sea Babies 28:53