CONFIDENTIAL REPORT 2G-9C
S73
     
 
FORMER GERMAN SUBMARINE TYPE IX-C
  
 
 
 
BROADSIDE GUNS
 
     
 
SUMMARY
  
     
          As originally armed, the vessels had:  
                  one 105 mm gun on the main deck forward of the conning tower with a spray shield.  
          Ready service ammunition, stowed in pressure proof tanks, consisted of 32 rounds.    
          218 additional rounds were stowed in the two magazine spaces below decks.  
          This gun was removed when the anti-aircraft armament was increased.  See the S74 report section.  
     
     
     
     
     
     
     
     
 
July, 1946
 
 
 
 
PORTSMOUTH NAVAL SHIPYARD, PORTSMOUTH, N. H.