The German submarine U-977, a Type VIIC U-boat, became the center of one of World War II’s most intriguing post-war mysteries ...

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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 ...

On 14 May 1945, almost a week after Britain and its allies celebrated victory in Europe, Hitler's defeated Atlantic U-boats berthed for the final time. The German submarines – the "U-boat peril ...

The German submarines – the "U-boat peril" as Churchill had called them - had been the Allies' principal threat at sea during the Battle of the Atlantic, a campaign that raged throughout the war.

During World War II, steel was in short supply, and German U-boats were devastating shipping in the Atlantic. The British War Office decided to use a material readily available in the North ...

The U.S. Navy announced Wednesday that it has awarded another $12.4 billion to General Dynamics Electric Boat as payment for two previously authorized Virginia class submarines, as well as salary ...

Lt. Cmdr. Maurice Jester was awarded the Navy Cross for sinking a German U-boat. (U.S. Coast Guard) On May 8, Icarus left Staten Island, New York, for Key West, Florida.

Military Groton-based Electric Boat gets $1.1 billion for work on Virginia-class submarines, some of it in NH By Paul Schott Journal Inquirer, Manchester, Conn. Mar 28, 2025 Updated Mar 31, 2025 ...

Germany completed its first U-boat (the U-1) in 1905 and was the first nation to use a submarine during World War I. By comparison, the U.S. Navy commissioned its first sub (the U.S.S. Holland) in ...