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Germany's U-505 submarine was the 1st warship captured by the US Navy in over a century and top secret during World War II.
As the USS Borie prepared to ram a German U-boat in the early morning hours of Nov. 1, 1943, the sailors on the Navy destroyer braced for impact. Turbulent waters in the north Atlantic Ocean ...
The U-853, which lies 121 feet deep and 8 miles east of Block Island, was one of many German U-boats that brought a mostly faraway war to the coastal United States. Advertisement ...
A new book explains how Lucky Luciano and other mobsters helped secure New York's ports during World War II. Getty Images In the dark hours of June 13, 1942, a German U-boat surfaced off the coast ...
The German U-boat U-853 sank the last U.S. merchant ship sunk in WWII. Historian Tim Gray speculates that German U-boats may have entered Narragansett Bay before the U.S. officially entered WWII.
A Royal Navy spokesman said: “Divers placed an explosive charge on the ordnance and safely carried out a demolition.” Officials said the ordnance was a German GD Magnetic influence mine.
The device is believed to be one of 195 charges used by a U.S. Navy Destroyer and U.S. Coast Guard Frigate to take down a German U-Boat. Both the Navy's Explosive Ordnance Mobile Unit (EODMU) out ...
A World War Two bomb had to be detonated off the north Kent coast after it was dredged up by a fishing boat. The Royal Navy’s Explosive Ordnance Disposal team, were called to Herne Bay on ...
Well, I just looked into it, and it turns out they did. The U-853, which lies 121 feet deep and 8 miles east of Block Island, was one of many German U-boats that brought a mostly faraway war to ...
A Royal Navy spokesman said: “Divers placed an explosive charge on the ordnance and safely carried out a demolition.” Officials said the ordnance was a German GD Magnetic influence mine.