u-boat Archives

A Navy captain was relieved for sinking a ship-killing German sub in 1942

April 29, 2020

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…

That time a U-boat sank as a result of flushing the toilet

April 29, 2020

By Today I Found Out

In the 1970s, BP oil pipeline workers came across a curious item about 12 miles

The heroic four chaplains and the sinking of the USAT Dorchester

April 29, 2020

By Logan Nye

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…