Shadow Divers (27 page)

The first clue: a dish recovered by Chatterton, marked with the eagle and swastika, dated 1942.

DAN CROWELL

Richie Kohler after bagging up on the mystery U-boat wreck.

RICHIE KOHLER

John Chatterton and Richie Kohler with two excellent
U-Who
artifacts. Neither piece, however, revealed anything about the wreck’s identity.

JOHN CHATTERTON AND RICHIE KOHLER

John Yurga, left, and John Chatterton aboard the
Seeker
.

JOHN CHATTERTON

The U-boat’s periscope, which lies on the ocean floor beside the wreck.

NOVA / WGBH-TV BOSTON

Rubber-soled shoe amid the wreckage in the officers’ quarters. Crewmen wore soft shoes during attacks in order to stay silent to enemies.

JOHN CHATTERTON

Bill Nagle, captain of the
Seeker
, grants another interview after the 1991 discovery of a mystery German U-boat in New Jersey waters makes international news.

JOHN CHATTERTON

U.S. NATIONAL ARCHIVES AND RECORDS ADMINISTRATION

Forward torpedo room of
U-505,
on display in Chicago. It was in this compartment on the wreck that Chatterton expected to recover an identifying tag. (
Inset
) A torpedo tube hatch on
U-Who.

RICHIE KOHLER

Mud-entombed silverware drawer recovered by John Chatterton. At the bottom lies a knife with a crewman’s name hand-carved into the handle.

KEVIN BRENNAN

John Chatterton holding Horenburg’s knife.

JOHN CHATTERTON

A closer view of Horenburg’s knife.

JOHN CHATTERTON

A valve from the U-boat’s interior.

JOHN CHATTERTON