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.

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 ...

New York — A dual U.S.-German citizen has been arrested on charges that he traveled to Israel and attempted to firebomb the branch office of the U.S. Embassy in Tel Aviv, officials said Sunday.

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.

U.S. Merchant Marine Capt. Hugh Stephens, of Glen Cove, faced countless harrowing missions during World War II, surviving brutal attacks from German U-boats and fierce conditions in the Arctic ...

During World War I, Germany’s U-boats engaged unrestricted submarine warfare, devastating attacks on British ships notably the Lusitania.

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.

CAPE MAY — With war looming on the horizon, and a new generation of German U-boats under con… Boeker trained at Yale University, according to information released by the city.

A new book explains how Lucky Luciano and other mobsters helped secure New York's ports during World War II. Getty Images In the dark hours of June 13, 1942, a German U-boat surfaced off the coast ...

Summary and Key Points: Germany’s Technik Museum Sinsheim is set to showcase a retired German U-Boat, U17, joining its impressive collection of over 3,000 exhibits, including a Concorde and a ...