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Black hardback with silver print on spine. The U-boats were acutely vulnerable to aircraft attack, and the Germans even developed “flak” U-boats, designed with a heavy defensive anti-aircraft armament intended to duke. Hunter Killer, US Navy Escort Carriers in the Battle of the Atlantic (1983), Naval. On May 26, a hunter-killer anti-submarine task force arrived, centered on the escort carrier Hoggatt Bay, which allowed the England and her two consorts to head to the port of Manus for resupply. Find many great new & used options and get the best deals for Bluejacket Bks. escort carriers (CVEs) to tell of their vital, yet little-known contribution to the anti-U-boat. In 1943, the tide had begun to turn in favor of the Allies in the Battle of the Atlantic. Capture of U-505. U. 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