:23:00
Allied direction finding
stations triangulated
a coded enemy radio signal...
:23:05
to this position here,
near the chop line.
:23:08
We believe the U-boat
was disabled, not sunk,
:23:11
and is drifting eastward
on a four-knot current.
:23:13
Now, French resistance reported
a resupply submarine...
:23:16
sailed from the Lorient U-boat
pens yesterday afternoon,
:23:20
with engine parts
and mechanics.
:23:22
We believe
it's gonna rendezvous
with the disabled U-boat.
:23:26
On board that U-boat is this.
:23:33
- A typewriter?
- An Enigma code machine.
:23:36
It allows the German navy
to communicate with
its submarines in secret,
:23:40
and our inability
to decipher their messages
is costing us this war.
:23:44
Mr. Coonan?
All right, this is basically
a Trojan Horse operation.
:23:49
The S-33 will rendezvous
with the U-boat, posing as
the German resupply sub.
:23:54
I will lead a boarding party
dressed in Kriegsmarine uniforms
to the enemy submarine.
:23:57
We will take it by force
and secure the Enigma.
:24:00
Any German survivors
will be transferred to the S-33,
and the U-boat will be scuttled.
:24:04
The German resupply submarine
will arrive at the rendezvous...
:24:07
and will assume
that the U-boat succumbed
to its wounds and sank.
:24:10
The Germans must never suspect
we have the Enigma.
:24:12
That is vital.
So it's a race?
:24:15
Yes, effectively.
Who's the boarding party?
:24:18
Well, since you're the X.O.,
you, sir.
:24:20
Mr. Emmett, Mr. Larson,
Mr. Hirsch and nine
of your ship's company.
:24:23
The captain, of course,
will remain onboard the S-33.
:24:26
Mr. Coonan, our boys
are submarine sailors,
not combat Marines.
:24:32
The boys onboard that U-boat
are sailors too.
:24:34
Your men'll be
ready, Lieutenant.
I'll train them myself.
:24:38
You've come
to the right boat.