U Boat wrecks of US Seaboard to be surveyed.
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Re: U Boat wrecks of US Seaboard to be surveyed.
http://www.uboatarchive.net/U-85.htm14 Apr 1942. U-85 was the first U-boat to be sunk off the North American coast after the start of the Operation Drumbeat (Paukenschlag) on January 13, 1942.
On the day that she was sunk, 14 April, U-85 stayed on the surface through the engagement. After repeated hits on the boat, fatally damaging her, the order to abandon ship was given and maybe half of the crew got into the water and then U-85 started to sink again fast. USS Roper then dropped 11 depth charges onto the already sinking U-boat and its 2 dozen survivors and in the process killed everyone in the water.
Re: U Boat wrecks of US Seaboard to be surveyed.
Cam I think its time we stopped keeping this section afloat..... let Harold man the pumps ..... that is if he can find the Kgm section........ such has been his interest and attentions.