Here we’ll run through the five most successful U-boats that sailed in World War II, based on the total tonnage of ships they managed to sink ... to scuttle his ship and send a message to one of the ...
German intelligence was vital during WWII, making recovery efforts for the sinking U-boat a top priority for ... USS Pillsbury took a whaleboat to rescue the surviving 58 German sailors and ...
Did you know? In WWII the British troop ship, RMS Laconia, was sunk by a German U-boat. The U-boat captain Werner Hartenstein immediately ordered the rescue of as many survivors as possible ...
All were safely brought to the surface in four round-trips using the McCann submarine rescue chamber. Salvaged and renamed Sailfish, the boat served to the end of World War II. Ten days after the ...
German intelligence was vital during WWII, making recovery efforts for the sinking U-boat a top priority for the Navy task group ... A boarding party from the Edsall-class destroyer escort USS ...