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.

Well, I just looked into it, and it turns out they did. 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 U-boat was not some near-mythical creature as it was almost portrayed by the Allied media, nor even was it a drone built to attack without consciousness. It was a weapon platform manned by people ...

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 ...

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 wreck of a WWI German U-boat sunk by the U.S. Navy in 1922 has been discovered off the East Coast of the United States, about 40 miles off Virginia and at a depth of about 400 feet.

Brazilian Ship Sunk By WWII U-Boat Located. News February 19, 2025 ... The ship was transporting supplies and soldiers along the coast when it was torpedoed by German U-boat U-861 on the night ...

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. Advertisement ...