I’ve long been intrigued at mentions of a sunken German U-boat explored by divers in Rhode Island waters. But I’d never known if that was a sign World War II ... ships off New Jersey, North ...

The German U-boat U-853 sank the last U.S. merchant ship sunk in WWII. Historian Tim Gray speculates ... 175 U.S. merchant and supply ships off New Jersey, North Carolina, Virginia and Florida.

Reality can be stranger than fiction, but sometimes the two intersect, as it did when Sharon Coldiron recently was reading James Lee Burke's 1994 novel, "Dixie City Jam." In it, the best-selling ...

This undated photo, provided by the National WW II Museum in New Orleans, shows Oberleutnant zur See Hans-Gunther Kuhlmann, center, saluting commander of the German U-boat U-166 on his boat.

In the early 1990s, American divers uncovered a mystery off the coast of New Jersey: an unmarked German submarine resting silently 230 feet beneath the surface. The wreck’s depth posed extreme dangers ...

German submarines sank 56 Allied ships in the region and damaged another 14, losing just one of their own in the process ...

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 ... program this season in a new role. Ryan Gomes will join head coach Kim ...

is a medium-sized tugboat built 80 years ago which was recently confirmed to have hosted the witnesses to the last ever German U-boat attack, in 1945 off Newport, Rhode Island, hours before VE-Day.

Read this week's What and Why RI to learn more about U-853 and the naval engagement that led to its sinking, which has an undeniably local name. Mark Patinkin:A German U-boat brought WWII to RI's ...