U.S. Coast Guard rescues two from a sinking boat near Bald Head Island, NC; both individuals safely returned to shore.

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.

On May 7, 1915, a German U-boat sank the British liner Lusitania off the coast of Ireland, killing nearly 1,200 people.

On Feb. 5, 1918, a German U-boat torpedoed the SS Tuscania, sinking the liner as it transported thousands of U.S. troops to Europe. More than 200 died.

Just weeks before World War I ended, a German U-boat attack turned the Irish Sea into a graveyard, claiming over 500 lives in ...

Message 1 - Re: The sinking of the first U-boat of WW2 Posted on: 20 November 2003 by Peter - WW2 Site Helper. Hi Carol. That is a fine short contribution. Although the facts of that first sinking ...

This week marks the 74th anniversary of the May 19,1942 sinking of the freighter Heredia by a German U-boat in the Gulf of Mexico, forty miles off the coast of New Orleans. Michael J.