Few naval vessels have developed as enduring of a legacy as German U-Boats, but what does that name actually mean?

The USCGC Tampa was lost with all hands off the coast of England when a German U-boat torpedoed it in September 1918.

The US Coastguard Cutter TAMPA was torpedoed by a German U-boat in 1918 off the Cornish coast, and all 131 lives onboard were ...

In World War I, writes Chicoan and naval historian David Bruhn, “German U-boats sank over 5,200 vessels and came dangerously close to choking off Britain’s critical supply of food in the spring of ...

For the third year, veterans, families, and active-duty military honored the sailors of the USS Eagle 56, sunk by a German ...

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One of the most disputed moments of North Carolina history centers on whether a Nazi U-boat attacked a chemical plant near Kure Beach during World War II. Witnesses swore it happened on the night of ...

Werner Hartenstein pulled drowning British troops from the Atlantic Ocean in September 1942. The German U-boat commander was flying Red Cross flags and even radioed for help in English. American ...