“It was on a wooden spare-parts box, a little bigger than a shoe box,” Palmer said. “In what room?” Chatterton asked. “It was in the electric motor room.” The divers nearly leaped from their chairs. “The spare-parts boxes had to be labeled with the U-boat’s number,” Palmer explained. “That way, if a part was used during a mission, they could send the box to the warehouse, have it refilled, and know which U-boat to return it to.” Chatterton and Kohler sat frozen. Of all the places on the U-Who, the electric motor room was the only one that remained inaccessible, and the only one in which they
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Tiny details lead to potentially large discoveries.
