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.

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 ...

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.

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 ...

Germany first started testing submarines in 1851, and by the end of WWI, had built some 334 U-boats (with another 226 under construction). They were vastly superior to U.S. subs.

German intelligence was vital during WWII, making recovery efforts for the sinking U-boat a top priority for the Navy task group. German Capt. Harald Lange, who commanded the U-505, ordered the ...

The oldest U-boat you can visit is actually the first, as the U-1 wasn't used during WWI for combat operations. It hit another vessel in 1919 and was decommissioned, and now it resides in the ...

Explorers say they've found the wreckage of a British warship that was sunk by a German U-boat during World War I.. Some 524 people, including the ship's captain, perished when the HMS Hawke went ...

90-year-old WWI U-boats discovered (AFP) Updated: 2006-11-23 16:28. LONDON - The wrecks of two German U-boats from World War I have been found off the coast of the Orkney Islands, north of ...

Two submarine wrecks, believed to be uncharted WWI German U-boats, have been discovered by chance off Orkney. A team working on a Maritime and Coastguard Agency (MCA) tug made the find during a ...

Updated August 20, 2024 at 12:59 PM ET. Explorers say they've found the wreckage of a British warship that was sunk by a German U-boat during World War I. . Some 524 people, including the ship's ...