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 ...

A German U-boat brought WWII to RI's doorstep. Now it lies on the ocean floor Mark Patinkin, Providence Journal Mon, June 2, 2025 at 9:03 AM UTC 5 min read ...

A magnetic mine from World War Two which was dredged up by a fishing boat has been blown up in a controlled explosion off the Kent coast. The Royal Navy said members of its Portsmouth-based bomb ...

A new book, “Operation Underworld: How the Mafia and U.S. Government Teamed Up to Win World War II," by Matthew Black details the crucial, secret role organized crime played in winning World War II.

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 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 ...

For 80 years, the wreck of the Vorpostenboot V-1302 John Mahn, a fishing vessel turned German naval patrol boat that sank in 1942, has rested on the floor of the North Sea, a silent feature of the ...

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.