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The Submarine Destroyed By a Toilet Malfunction
As the German U-boat U-1206 departed Kristiansand on her first war patrol in April 1945, a single toilet flush led to her ...
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The Silent Hunter: The Birth of the Acoustic Torpedo
Beneath the cold Atlantic, a German U-boat pack stalks an Allied convoy, but this time, something is different. When U-270 ...
Legendary NJ Fourth of July lobster catch created record that will never be broken
William Sharp of Little Egg Harbor found New Jersey's biggest lobster on July 4, 2003, in 70 feet of water, a record that can ...
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The top-secret capture of a Nazi submarine just two days before D-Day
Flickr/Photograph Curator U-505 Submarine The German submarine crew thought they were about to die. Their U-boat was sinking, ...
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Echoes across the North Sea
In 1941, the Norwegian boat Arnefjord made a perilous 200-mile North Sea crossing, transporting refugees. 83 years later, it ...
Letter from WWII sailor killed by Nazi U-boat found in 'the bowels' of Calgary high school
While digging through old folders and filing cabinets, Western Canada High School teacher Geneviève Dale happened across an ...
Carl Burdette: Yes, the US won WWII for the Allies
In a recent op-ed in the Carroll County Times, “Trump got his WWII history wrong,” Doug Mallouk stated: “Regarding the 80th ...
Shipwrecks, navy ‘detectives’ and the incredible treasures waiting to be recovered from the deep
Shimmering gold lies in wait… ” promises the website of treasure hunter Martin Bayerle. It is now 44 years since he ...
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The Hidden History of the Nazi U-Boats That Prowled the Gulf Coast, Bringing World War II to America’s Shores - Smithsonian Magazine
A German submarine torpedoed the S.S. Pennsylvania Sun on July 15, 1942, destroying 107,500 barrels of U.S. Navy fuel oil. Public domain via Wikimedia Commons Early on June 29, 1942, the 8,032-ton ...
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When a German U-boat sunk a ship just off Maine’s coast
In April 1945, New England’s worst naval disaster of World War II took place just 5 miles off the coast of Cape Elizabeth, when a lone-wolf German U-boat arose from the murky depths of Casco Bay ...
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How the Coast Guard sank a German U-boat off the North Carolina coast - Military Times
Under the command of Lt. Cmdr. Maurice Jester, the Coast Guard cutter Icarus, shown here, sank a German U-boat off the North Carolina coast during WWII. (U.S. Coast Guard) After the Japanese ...