Secret Weapon: U.S. High-Frequency Direction Finding in the Battle of the Atlantic [Hardcover]

Kathleen Broome Williams (Author)

Book Description

Publication Date: October 1996

The war against U-boats in the Atlantic was won in part by a high-frequency direction finder -- called Huff Duff or HF/DF for short -- that could pinpoint the location of radio transmitters. The story of HF/DF's development and operation in combat by the U.S. Navy is told here for the first time in revealing detail.

Product Details

• Hardcover: 289 pages
• Publisher: Naval Inst Pr (October 1996)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 1557509352
• ISBN-13: 978-1557509352
• Product Dimensions: 9.1 x 6.3 x 0.9 inches
• Shipping Weight: 1 pounds
• Average Customer Review: 4.5 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (2 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #2,496,474 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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4.0 out of 5 stars Interesting review of the fielding of ship mounted HFDF., January 7, 1999

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This review is from: Secret Weapon: U.S. High-Frequency Direction Finding in the Battle of the Atlantic (Hardcover)

Reviews the source of technology and fielding of marine mobile HFDF used in ASW during WWII, parimarly in the Atlantic. Does not cover land based systems in the same depth which was dissappointing to this reader. Hints at the technology but does not specify the actual techniques employed. Does, however does provide an analysis of the impact of ship born HFDF towards countering German U Boat activity. Overall interesting reading ! Dave Larrabee HFDF Center Compliance & Information Bureau - FCC

5.0 out of 5 stars Excellent study of military technology, March 26, 1999

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This review is from: Secret Weapon: U.S. High-Frequency Direction Finding in the Battle of the Atlantic (Hardcover)

Although the story of the role of technology in the defeat of german U-boats in the Battle of the Atalantic has often been told, the role of HF-DF (huff-duff) has usually been slighted. This book corrects that situation. Secret Weapon is an important new contribution in out understanding of the battle of the Atlantic, and an archetype of contemporary history of military technology. (From a longer review that appeared in the New York Military Affairs Symposium Newsletter).