USS Buckley: A Destroyer Escort in the Battle of the Atlantic Commissioned in 1943, the USS Buckley was a destroyer escort, smaller than a destroyer, but built to protect Allied convoys from the ...

The German U-boat U-853 sank the last U.S. merchant ship sunk in WWII. Historian Tim Gray speculates that German U-boats may have entered Narragansett Bay before the U.S. officially entered WWII.

One of the deadliest military machines of World War II was the infamous German U-boat. While most people know a little about U-boats and are more than aware that they're submarines, one thing that's ...

Typically, when people think of submarine warfare, they probably recall the deadly U-boats of World War II. While that conflict saw widespread use of submarines, it was hardly the first to utilize the ...

The post-war narrative of the German U-boat efforts follows several stages: the first "Happy Time," followed by the second "Happy Time," and then utter destruction by the Allies. In reality, the ...

This undated photo, provided by the National WW II Museum in New Orleans, shows Oberleutnant zur See Hans-Gunther Kuhlmann, center, saluting commander of the German U-boat U-166 on his boat. The U-166 ...

Divers recently discovered the wreck of a German submarine and the Royal Navy Q-ship that sank it in February 1917 Sean Kingsley - History Correspondent Diver Chris de Putron inspects the wreck of the ...