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 ...

The German sub U-166 was among a fleet of 23 sent to the Atlantic Ocean in the spring of 1942 on a mission called Operation Drumbeat, the Nazi code name for submarine attacks on Allied shipping ...

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 ...

Bert Whoriskey was 14-years-old when a fleet of U-boats berthed outside his home On 14 May 1945, almost a week after Britain and its allies celebrated victory in Europe, Hitler's defeated Atlantic ...

U.S. Government Photo/Wikimedia Commons/Public Domain The sea can be a cruel and fickle ally, as the crew of the Soviet Union's nuclear missile submarine K-129 found out.

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 ...

During that time, U-boat captains became so confident that on Feb. 28, 1942, U-578 torpedoed the destroyer Jacob Jones off Cape May, New Jersey; only 11 of its 114-man crew survived.

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 ...

Dark Seas. The Super Weapon that Turned German U-Boats into Scrap. Posted: February 28, 2025 | Last updated: March 30, 2025. In a top-secret effort led by the British Admiralty, a revolutionary ...

U-Boats (World War II) Posted: February 13, 2025 ... a German attempt to cut off the British Isles and force the Allies to surrender. ... US-based Original Six eliminated from playoffs for 1st time.