Herbert G. Claudius was in command of the patrol ship USS PC-566 in 1942. His mission and that of his crew was to monitor the Louisiana coast and its territorial waters for signs of any Nazi u-boat activity. On July 30, 1942, they got their…
In the 1970s, BP oil pipeline workers came across a curious item about 12 miles <a href="https://www.google.com/maps/place/57%C2%B014'24.0%22N+1%C2%B022'12.0%22W/@57.4052629,-2.2831575,142808m/data=!3m1!1e3!4m5!3m4!1s0x0:0x0!8m2!3d57.24!4d-1.37"…
During World War II, a troop transport ship made from a converted luxury coastal liner was hit by a German torpedo on its starboard side in 1943, dooming the ship and many of the men aboard. Amid the chaos, four chaplains representing three Christia…