Message 1 - Re: The sinking of the first U-boat of WW2 Posted on: 20 November 2003 by Peter - WW2 Site Helper Hi Carol That is a fine short contribution.

A World War II German U-boat, sunk more than 72 years ago, has been discovered off the coast of North Carolina, NOAA announced Tuesday.

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. See photos of the inside.

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.

This week marks the 74th anniversary of the May 19,1942 sinking of the freighter Heredia by a German U-boat in the Gulf of Mexico, forty miles off the coast of New Orleans. Michael J.

Drought reveals boat used on World War II ship in Lake Shasta Low water levels in California's drought-stricken Shasta Lake have revealed the long-lost wreckage of a ship that served in World War II.

Joining up at the start of the war, London-born Mr Barnes went on to serve for 23 years and said sinking a German U-boat was his biggest contribution to the war effort.

Joining up at the start of the war, London-born Mr Barnes went on to serve for 23 years and said sinking a German U-boat was his biggest contribution to the war effort.

The U-boat skipper, Hans-Dieter Heinicke, had a crippled submarine and was headed home when he spotted the juicy allied convoy off the coast of North Carolina.

The Last World War II U-Boat Commander Has Died at 105 U-boat commander Reinhard Hardegen, second from left, looks on as Adolph Hitler shakes hands with another U-Boat commander, Erich Topp, in ...

After concluding its own historic and archeological assessment, the Naval History and Heritage Command recommended the service credit PC-556 and Claudius for sinking the U-boat and give them the ...