Exploring a U-Boat wreck off North Carolina

[@SP-qo3pd]

5:14 Those glasses are Dank, not goofy.

[@clevername8832]

Precisely!

[@jderpz23]

It would be wonderful to take a look inside, but at the same time that’s the grave of so many people that you would also feel like you’re intruding on their peace.

[@carlos_magnus3465]

It's a wargrave and should respected as such, you can't forget that there are probably still family members left of the men engraved in the submarine. Lots of the german submariners, especially in the late war, were family fathers. But if you are really interested in seeing one from the inside, there is still a U-boat (U-995) of the type VIIC/41 fully preserved in Kiel Germany, very similair to the U-576 (type VIIC). Not to mention the U-534 (type IXC/40) in Birkenhead Gb and the U-505 (type IXC) in Chicago.

[@ryancool-pq5vu]

@@carlos_magnus3465 Why should I care to see a hitler uboat?

[@robertg786]

What peace? THEY'RE DEAD! Identify their bodies and send their belongings to surviving relations.

[@funke4426]

ryan1981 cool because It’s interesting and a Beautiful submarine.

[@mopar340dave]

I say float it. They were attacking unarmed merchant ships. Return any remains...

[@imtoooldforthisstuff]

Regardless of the politics, this needs to be declared a War Grave, never to be disturbed.

[@meansy7753]

I suspect they were more interested in the cargo ship, given the amount of bullion at the time the UK was shipping to the US for arms, and as all the crew escaped, isn't a war grave and contents can be salvaged.

[@aldenunion]

should not need declaired

[@bluecollar58]

That’s just your opinion , if I were down there , I’d welcome a visit.

[@ericschulze5641]

leave them alone ! there's nothing there we don't already have let them rest in peace both the Americans and the Germans

[@suicidesquid3581]

@@ericschulze5641 There are only German soldiers down there. The people in the American cargo ship escaped.

[@jesterd14]

My dad flew ASW patrols in Catalina's from NAS Banana River (Now Patrick AFB) to Georgia, and then back down. The Navy had asked repeatedly that cities along the coast go to blackout conditions at night because the U-Boats were able to use the light loom to pick targets with. Not one of the cities complied and cited tourism as the reason. He had a friend on a Destroyer Escort that saw a U-Boat moving along the surface because it was silhouetted against the lights of Miami. Within seconds of being spotted the submarine dove and escaped because the same lights lit up the DE. So the U-Boat saw the Destroyer also. Not more than 15 minutes later they saw a tanker get hit by a torpedo.

[@MJLeger-yj1ww]

That is just incredible to me, that the cities along the coast refused to go blackout! I don't think Americans realized how close to our shores the enemy was! The military did, not doubt, but the average Joe Blow certainly didn't! I've read about the fact the enemy subs could see our ships against the lights and skyline on the coast and pick them off that way.

[@Castulos4]

“When you go home. Tell them of us, and say ......For your tomorrow, We gave our today.”

[@SB-qm5wg]

We don't deserve it

[@lilhomiebro7539]

Tomorrow is just today yet to come.

[@Dog.soldier1950]

Wrong fricking side. These guys worked real hard to steal your tomorrow

[@o9rgeronimo979]

@@Dog.soldier1950 not to forget all the unarmed civilian liners they sank and didn't stick around to pick up survivors...not true worriers

[@King_Stannis_Baratheon]

O9r Geronimo Allies did the same thing. That is why Admiral Karl Dönitz wasn’t executed.

[@Coastiestevie]

Although they weren't on our side, they carried out their mission as required and served valiantly. They are square with the house.

[@ivuzgassedsixnotwelvetimes9878]

We really should have been on their side though.

[@williamwallace1385]

I Vuz Gassed Six, No, Twelve Times! BUT 6 GAZILLION???

[@sclogse1]

Glib doesn't fly in the real.

[@Coastiestevie]

@Jack Torrance Of course!

[@Tiagomottadmello]

In addition to that all Said by Stephan Berns, those U-boat German sailors were just grown Kids told to do atrocities on the behalf of a political party , like most Americans at that time...

[@usmc-veteran73-77]

My uncle was a Merchant Marine during World War Two, served in the Atlantic & Pacific, and also the Normandy invasion. Proud of you Uncle Raymond.

[@EIBBOR2654]

At least this U-Boat is deep enough to keep divers away. Back in the late 1970's there was another U-Boat just off the shores of NC but it was shallow enough for divers to get to. The Torpedo room was exposed and so were the live Torpedo's. Now most divers knew to stay away from them. However, there were a few idiots that had to play with them and take pictures or videos doing that. One of the things they would do was spin the ARMING Prop on the nose of the torpedo's. This was alarming to several people and agencies. It takes only so many full turns on that prop and the safety comes off, fully arming the torpedo. At that point it doesn't take much to set it off and probably setting off the rest of the torpedo's. Despite, many warnings from the Navy and other dive groups, some idiots continued to spin the arming props. The Navy tried to make the site off limits, but divers would still go down to the wreck. The concern got to a point were the Navy decided to try and remove the torpedo's and detonating them away from the wreak, if possible. If not they were going to detonate them were they were on the wreck. Now this was in the late 70's, during the Cold War and there was 2 Germany's, East and West. The East controlled by Russia at at hat time. Also the wreck was a Grave Site and there was a lot of concerns and problems dealing with disturbing the dead if they had to blow up the U-Boat. After some negotiations, both Germany's agreed that something needed to be done with the live munitions on the wreck. They replied, that if it was possible to remove the torpedo's safely and preserve the grave site, they would prefer that. But if that was not possible, it was understood that the torpedo's would need to be exploded were they sat, for the safety of all that were involved. Especially the idiots that had to play with live munitions. So US Navy EOD Dive Teams, at great risk to themselves, were able to removed the torpedo's and detonate them away from the U-Boat and preserve the grave site. There are still many live munitions from that war and others, laying around waiting for some fool to play with them, eventually going off and killing them and possibly other bystanders. If you visit any of these sites or battle fields and find munitions, leave them alone! Even here in the US, Civil War battle areas, or places were they used ammo to practice live fire during the wars, live munitions, like Cannon Balls, Artillery shells or bombs can still be found and set off. Some of the explosives inside them can become highly unstable and easily set off. If you see something that could be dangerous munitions, call someone (911 here in the US) and have it safely removed. Please don't be an idiot, the world has more than enough already to deal with.

[@bobgreene2892]

Thank you for that. Divers who pose for "selfies" at the point of arming a live German torpedo advertise their defective gene set. Darwin in action-- women should steer well clear of these bozos, if widowhood seems unattactive.

[@brucebear1]

That boat is U-352, the first U-boat to be sunk by US forces during WWII (actually a US Coast Guard patrol boat, not on an active combat patrol but on a transfer voyage to be based in Florida). 32 members of the U-boat crew were rescued by the Coast Guard patrol boat, USCGC Icarus, but 15 men were lost. It is near Cape Lookout, off Morehead City, NC, about 60 Nautical miles south of U-576.

[@brucebear1]

@liar fighter Those torpedoes were packed in there (Rathke didn't report the firing of a single torpedo by U-3y2 until the one shot at USCGC Icarus during the final action so the torpedo room is still fully armed except for one torpedo}. If one goes off, they would have all gone off! Not even a greasy spot left ... A number of U-576's torpedoes were fired on its last patrol, so there would be less danger (and over 700 feet is too deep for idiots) but all it would take would be one exploded munition to spoil your day.

[@StratBurst92]

Read an article once about a US Civil War militaria dealer that would drill into cannon balls to make them inert for sale.by emptying the the powder. I believe that he drilled too fast on this one and it blew up killing him in the process.

[@robertwarren4248]

EIBBOR2654: very clearly and intelligently explained by you. Even people with half a brain can understand and comprehend the message you're sending. Sad thing is, there are not too many people with at least half a brain left.

[@brianbullard8291]

My Father ( a North Carolinian) received a battle ribbon for this battle of the Atlantic.

[@TheZen900]

My Dad(a S Carolinian) flew B25 out of Cherry Point NC in ww2 on uboat patrol.

[@bobgreene2892]

@@TheZen900 When did those flights begin?

[@jimhanson9248]

BFD.

[@american_rider6596]

The shot at the front of the conning tower where they mention the 'para scope' thats not where a para scope on a type VII u-boat would be. That is instead the mount where the UZO would be. Its a pair of binoculars used to target ships as a surface attack.

[@rogerhwerner6997]

The unstated aspect of the Battle of the Atlantic in 1942 is that American cities were not darkened, which made it very easy for U-boats to get their bearing and often ships were made easy marks when their silhouettes were back lit by shore lights. Eventually lights were darkened.

[@senoJSR]

Bringing the U boat to the surface would do more to remind people of those battles than declaring a spot in the ocean a national battlefield.

[@halops117]

then the remains could be sent back to Germany. Same thing happens on the Eastern front with Russians exhuming German soldiers and returning them home. Would be a win for all.

[@ajkalwaysneedsmoreinfo.576]

I agree, pick up that human war trash from the ocean floor.

[@carsonlong1783]

AJK always needs more info. Germans could say the same thing about you. You’re very ignorant

[@michellocci]

The germans have the own u boat 995 u can find germany on the coast north sea

[@floorteen694]

Carson Long he was talking about the wreck polluting the ocean, not the German soldiers that bravely fought for their lives.

[@tjwilson1591]

It is so wonderful that today's technology is able to find these lost treasures!

[@aze216]

Since all the crew of the cargo ship survived, the only remains are those of the German sailors. I'm having a hard time with the idea of saluting them "75 years too late" and comparing them to Americans lost in the civil war. Acknowledging it as a memorial makes sense, but they were sinking minimally or not armed at all U.S. merchant ships and killing their crews. The Germans were doing their duty to their country - give them that, but it was an evil regime and they don't rate respectful salutes for what they did. Save those salutes for the thousands of brave merchant marine crew who lost their lives there and in frigid arctic waters delivering the materiel to defeat the Nazis and free millions from their tyranny.

[@BrianAchterberg928]

40,000 men served on U Boats, over 30,000 never returned. May those sailors Rest In Peace in their iron coffins. 😢

[@6actual911]

They should have stayed HOME!

[@lukum55]

@@6actual911 So should every American serviceman serving overseas right now

[@mikeh.8155]

@@lukum55 just say "Thank you!"

[@lukum55]

@@mikeh.8155 To who?

[@mikeh.8155]

@@lukum55 all US serviceman serving ANYWHERE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[@ATAHUALPA867]

Germans were all over the Atlantic, North to the south of the Americas. Merchants sailors were heroes to me risking their lives and dying for us and keep Europe in the fight .

[@inyourface8bp259]

2:59 When you search my wife's inner thighs..

[@inyourface8bp259]

@@jimmylopez7498 Old news

[@aldenunion]

2nd's

[@abrahamcruz2200]

💀💀💀💀

[@StratBurst92]

It was not only loose lips that sunk our ships. Merchants on the coast with resorts and motels etc. were told to turn off lights at night time and ignored this as they thought it would drive away business. Thus aiding the U Boats in picking off merchant ship targets.

[@MJLeger-yj1ww]

Horrible! I think many Americans just did not realize how close to home the war actually came! The military was pretty secretive during the war, but civilians just had no idea of the real threat!

[@richardtalley821]

It was said that if Admiral King had died at the beginning of WW2 it would saved thousands of lives because he refused to take advice from the British, who he hated, to blackout the cities along the East coast. Also, he didn't want to hurt tourism. As a result of his inaction for MONTHS hundreds of ships were sunk by U-boats.

[@D1_krypto]

I will always have a respect for sailors in wartime. Especially submarines. Could you imagine how terrifying it must have been in that sub with no where to run if you get hit. Certain death.

[@geoben1810]

I knew that U boats had sunk freighters off our eastern coast during the war. And as a proud U.S. NAVY veteran I understand that those men were in the service of their country and I salute them. But in all honesty, I'm disappointed that we didn't respond promptly and lost so many lives and equipment. It demonstrates the need for a vigilante and strong coastal defense. ✌🏻🇺🇸

[@jkorshak]

The most disappointing thing was how many "patriots" fought against the coastal blackouts because they thought it was government overreach and inconvenient. A lot of ships got sunk and a lot of people died because of their selfish entitlement. Not too different from today.

[@chucknorris6640]

The oldest member of this u boat was the commander Kapitänleutnant Hans-Dieter he was only 29 years old

[@nghtwtchmn129]

The west coast was also threatened to a lesser degree, beginning with the bombardment of Ellwood (near Santa Barbara) on February 23, 1942 by the Japanese submarine I-17. That attack did little damage and some passing motorists assumed that the I-17 was an American submarine taking target practice.

[@stevelindstedt8858]

Also, it is believed that the same I-17 sub lobbed some shells onto Fort Stevens beach in Oregon, near Warrenton & the Columbia Bar.

[@modelleg]

NOAA wants to arrest all the wrecks for their own and exclude recreational divers. The fact is that in a few decades, all these iron wrecks will be nothing more than streaks of rust on a featureless bottom.

[@jonathanstrong7682]

Sad, but government agencies do appear to be bypassing internationally recognized salvage law.

[@jslade60]

I came up with a way to stop the oil spill in the gulf from the deepwater horizon accident. Built a prototype model took it to Noaa and guess what? They weren't interested!

[@kn4cc755]

At 715fsw, this one will not attract even tech divers. Let it rot isolated in the frigid deep. As for holding "honored war dead", they are damned Nazis. They are to me now, as they were to my father, the sworn enemy.

[@richardturner6981]

That U Boat is a war grave. Leave it alone.

[@KB4QAA]

@@jonathanstrong7682 No. Naval vessels never cease being property of the government. They are not open to salvage without prior permission.

[@AS-zk6hz]

Visit the u505 at chicagos museum of science and industry. It's inside the building. Amazing exhibit. You can go thru the sub see it outside.

[@DD-bn2mx]

that looked like the rudder, not the "keel". )

[@mikewood866]

It was one of the foreplanes not the rudder.

[@fload46d]

It would be nice if they could bring up that sub safely and clean it up and use it for a museum. Probably not possible or way too expensive and also a grave site.

[@jamesedwards2483]

There Is EXACTLY 1 World War II Kriegsmarine(German Navy) U-Boat On Display In The US. U-505, A Type VII U-Boat Is On Display At Chicago's Museum Of Science And Industry.

[@michaelobrien9848]

Very clean wreck no nets on sub!

[@mspionage1743]

Fish are like: "Get out of here bro, this is my turf now"

[@JJSS-vg1qs]

Crazy that this part of WWII is rarely talked about.

[@firstname4476]

Imagine getting into the sunken sub through the hatch . How creepy would it be inside .

[@anthonyrosa5006]

Little known? Are you kidding? Only ignorant people don't know our history. It doesn't hurt that I'm a former Sonar Tech with the USN and the further development of the early sonar ASDIC became key to the Battle of the Atlantic. Cracking the ENIGMA code was another key along with the extended air patrol ranges.

[@warrenchambers4819]

You know one of these wreck had to have sank, sealed up and those guys lived awhile stuck on the sea bed...………..in the dark...……………….in freezing cold...…………………………...until BRRRRRRRRRRRR Man hard to even think about.

[@ponchor.7145]

Yes , the book SHADOW DIVERS is an awesome read , if U like to hear more about the U boats off US coast

[@angelop.3803]

This is insane, never knew how close the enemy really was.

[@Cult1022]

you guys were lucky not to experience your hometown burning, your relatives torn to pieces by bombs and whole families errased. It is also thanks to you that this reign of terror and racial killing got stopped.

[@imtoooldforthisstuff]

The Japanese actually shelled the Ellwood Oil Field from a submarine near Santa Barbara. This was one of a several actual events found in the movie "1941". en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bombardment_of_Ellwood

[@sirboomsalot4902]

My grandfather lived in Philadelphia during the war and he said U-boats were coming right up the Delaware

[@Minimeister317]

Amazing find, and a nice memory of how far we've come, as the sub is the property of Germany, but cared for by USA.

[@lorenjohnson7488]

How do you figure this is German property? It's in US Territorial Waters Germany signed an unconditional surrender. All weapons of war became USA property plain and simple

[@arnoldstollar5375]

Great film dive

[@thejudge-kv2jk]

"A little known chapter?". Not heard something so stupid in a long time.

[@VOOODOOO37]

yeah the narrator is so elementary,

[@Chironex_Fleckeri]

@@VOOODOOO37 SooOoOoo elementaryyyyyy, my dear chap. SoOoooOo uninformed! GUFFAW!

[@davidgonzalez-herrera2980]

@@VOOODOOO37 He actually use to be a elementary school teacher, chill bruhs

[@EvolveDj]

Read "Shadow Divers", by Robert Kurson It's amazing. It's about a diver finding a Uboat off the coast of New Jersey.

[@davidh9844]

I believe there is one in Long Island Sound between Setauket and Connecticut.

[@EM.1]

Is possible to visit a U-Boat in Bremerhaven (it’s in Germany near Bremen) the U-Boat is outside the water in perfect conditions. It was sunk by Germans, before surrendering to keep their technology secret. It was raised from the water by the Germany Government and Bremen major decisions, to be used as a museum to show the sizes and the living conditions inside the submarine plus it’s visible and explained how it was powered, the backup batteries, torpedoes room and engines room. If you have time go to Hamburg, ICE trains are very fast, there on the port waterfront is possible to see and visit an Soviet submarine raised from the waters, it’s interesting to see the difference between the two in terms of sizes and spaces partitions.

[@dennisyanan9728]

If you're in the US, you can go to the Museum of Science and Industry in Chicago - they have the U-505, a type IX boat that was captured in 1944. it's been a long time since I went through it, but I still remember being amazed at how small it was inside.

[@EM.1]

@@dennisyanan9728 thanks I didn’t know that information. I live in the US I just travel for work and sometimes if the location it’s interesting or has something interesting at a train or flight time reasonable distance I take my vacation time to stay on location and visit the Nation. Germany it’s extremely easy to visit because it’s very connected with highways, railways, and airports. Canada instead it’s more difficult to visit even focusing only on one region.

[@Kinglegend-nq9dp]

I love history

[@kablooee1658]

RIP Sailors

[@davidthelander1299]

Well, thanks for posting, I enjoyed, but I wish there had been more photos of the u-boat, and less talking about it.

[@TheDustysix]

Look up the British Cemetery Buxton, NC.

[@456swagger]

"Little Known History" are you serious? I guess He means that the information is contained in things called "Books".

[@shermancouch9964]

Formerly found in places called "libraries".

[@davidsanders1991]

@@shermancouch9964 Formerly read by people called "Smart"

[@elixtido1448]

Asian people don't like being called that !!!

[@456swagger]

Smart?

[@Mike-tw1pi]

@@456swagger Have you ever tried calling an Asian person a "book?"

[@bobgreene2892]

The official slogan, "Loose lips can sink ships" was designed to silence public outcry about the carnage offshore-- which German submariners labeled "Happy times" for the sheer ease of sinking American ships. In fact, however, the American policy of maintaining peacetime conditions (cities ablaze with light at night) and official silence about terrible losses of men and materiel off our own shores, in our territorial waters, was a huge political scandal. So huge, no politician wanted to address the crisis directly or indirectly. To this day, no historian has developed an explanation for that official silence. But one thing is certain-- no "loose lips" were required for a Uboat to wait on the surface for a tanker or freighter to cross its targeting area, and to fire with almost perfect accuracy. The "loose lips" posters were not meant to save American ships and sailors, but to silence those who objected to finding dead American merchant sailors washed ashore, blackened and burned, from a totally preventable Uboat attack off shore. It was only much later that American coastal authorities began to think in terms of a realistic wartime posture -- blackouts, intensive submarine patrols from sea and air, and (for Atlantic crossings) a convoy system.

[@lawdog490]

Operation “Drumbeat”...the good times...

[@JohnDoe-tq3ye]

I believe the Germans called it the "Happy Times"

[@biga87718]

Can't wait till operation dumbocrat.

[@kennethcoxell9449]

Leave the sub where it lies.May the souls of all the 40 to 60 German sailors R,I.P. For evermore.

[@jeffsmith2022]

I suppose we should assume that the U boat was depth charged?...

[@Ptpop]

How did the U-Boat go down?

[@dragonfly3816]

Depth charges from two US Kingfisher aircraft (VS-9 USN) and gunfire from the US motor merchant Unicoi.

[@fromulus]

You know, I have a 5 year old son, and he has no idea what war is, much less why it happens. We don't have cable TV, he doesn't get exposed to the news or anything that would depict war, I don't even buy him toy guns. Someone gave him a toy mobile rocket launching truck and I told him it shot fireworks. I'm not sure how I'll explain it when the day comes, because I don't really have a good explanation for why humans can be so awful to one another. If everyone taught their kids nothing but love, the future would be a better place than today.

[@BilgePump]

That guy has great hair im jealous

[@bradmiller683]

Wig alert, Wig alert!! Ladies, it's a wig......

[@joehinojosa8314]

Iron Coffins. That's what they called them

[@resetplayz53]

this made me think about when the RMS olympic crashed into a U-Boat

[@JamesBond-pb2qy]

What about the KURSK?

[@jg11596]

how was the German U-Boat sunk?

[@dmp9135]

Depth charges. A torpedo if it had resurfaced the water (A U boats most vulnerable position).

[@psycho.dad5252]

imho i think it needs to be recovered. if we leave them down there, in time, nothing will remain.

[@davidmoser7849]

Impossible

[@tobiaszistler]

The outer shell of the u boat is still intact how? On so many boats its rusted away and on some not how could that be ?

[@BilgePump]

Good question. Remember a subs hull needs to be much thicker than a surface vessels hull.

[@KB4QAA]

Water conditions are different at each site.

[@jenkinsfamily2229]

Compared to say, the Titanic, this submarine is in a lot better condition than most shipwrecks, and it's not very deep (the Titanic is 12,700 ft down.) Maybe we could try and raise and preserve it?

[@chucknorris6640]

No the U-Boat is on ethereal patrol

[@gstar7686]

Incredible how close those subs were to the coastline. I'm guessing that with today's technology it would be nearly impossible for that to happen.

[@davidmoser7849]

NOT REALLY AT ANY 1 TIME THERE ARE 5 TO 6 RUSSIAN SUBS OFF WEST AND EAST COASTS

[@thearmoredgeorgian2736]

Yeah during the Cold War Russian subs would come so close to the United States that if you could see them on fishing charters some times

[@paulhunter123]

i would think even those who died in them are desperate to be released from the iron coffin

[@bytesizedkidgamer]

Imagine how many dead people are down there in those u-boats

[@davidh9844]

Not nearly enough.

[@chucknorris6640]

More than 30,000

[@himynamelscolin]

Those are definitely some evil sunglasses

[@therealpote]

No CC?

[@johncostello-xn6rw]

I dove the Dixie Arrow, interesting story.....

[@1chish]

Well I totally agree that those who protected US shores in those years do need to be remembered and saluted. So why did this researcher fail to mention the British crews of 24 specially modified trawlers who were sent from UK shores in March 1942 to patrol all along this coast tracking U Boats with intelligence from Bletchley Park and their advanced sonars? They were good at it as well as they sank a few with their own depth charges. Many lost their lives and sadly this was also not mentioned. So lets mention ONE British vessel - HMT Bedforshire. She was sunk by U-558 in May 1942 after a night long hunt (avoiding 2 torpedoes) in the early hours with all 37 hands lost. Some were washed up as this researcher says and they are laid with other British sailors in Ocracoke Island British Cemetery in NC. More were washed up in Hatteras NC and are buried in another British Cemetery there. More are buried in Creeds VA as they were washed up further along the coast. It seems that in every US documentary we Brits and what we did in WWII is just ignored. To not even mention those little trawlers (443 tons) that sailed across the Atlantic in Winter to help protect US ships and people is frankly shameful. At least the US Coast Guard show respect by raising the Union Flag every morning and striking it every evening at these 3 British cemeteries.

[@jkorshak]

Because the story here is about this particular UBoot and the nearby sunken ship and it's not a general documentary on the various and numerous actions and sacrifices made during the Battle for the Atlantic? This is a network television weekend feature which at the very beginning frames the story for its time and specifies a short timeframe alluding to where a battle took place. This isn't some history of coastal warfare circa 1941-45. So, the people who put this piece together elected to tell a story about a battle, two relics from the battle, and the battlefield itself. This isn't to take anything away from British contributions to the war effort but it's kind of ridiculous to think the British are being "ignored" because this six minute piece about two ships from of history and their place in it doesn't include any mention of Britain's part in the war.

[@sum12see]

That's incredible...May they rest in peace..

[@av8tore71]

Here we are allies now and if it wasnt for being allies I wouldnt be married to a German lady. I was stationed in Mannheim Germany as a JAG lawyer and met a local girl. We dated for 2 years then got married. I love Germany and its people. They are embarrassed for their past especially the people born in the 1970's like me in 1971

[@jimbritt2874]

That is code for making it illegal to fish those wrecks that are just full of tasty yummy fillets . 😄👍

[@MJLeger-yj1ww]

Whaaaaat? Don't be disrespectful of a very serious war that took a LOT of lives!

[@royhoco5748]

technology has brought us face to face with history

[@ChillFrost]

Amazing

[@amandawhisnant622]

Everyone is so fascinated with this uboat...when you get a chance watch the episode of the classic Twilight Zone, called "The Thirty Fathom Grave". A US destroyer is making its ways thru waters near the Philippines in 1963 when it comes upon an American uboat that was sunk during WW2....yet there's a tapping sound coming from within.

[@bowen1704]

That’s scary how close the Nazis got

[@paulgrimm7842]

Thank God they didn’t have missiles

[@richardturner6981]

If the war lasted longer they would have had missiles.

[@PU8698]

@@richardturner6981 yes, they were developing a 500 ton submersible vessel with a V2 Rocket inside that a u boat could tow, but the project was abandoned. Three of these were ordered, but only one was ever made

[@gabenewell3955]

Patrik yep 👍

[@davidh9844]

Uhm, they did. In fact, they invented them.

[@richardjoyce1]

"A little know chapter in WWII history." No, it's not. It's a well known chapter.

[@jrcrawford4]

A major chapter, I would say. Sadly, for most folks if it didn't happen yesterday it's "little known."

[@brucebear1]

I live on the coast of North Carolina (the southern end, away from the Outer Banks - the scene of most of the anti-submarine action in WWII, but close enough). I would guess if you gathered 1000 people from my area into a room and questioned them, very few would know about "Operation Drumbeat" and the U-boat campaign. A few would know "there were some German submarines in the ocean near here" but only a few. I understand that military historians and a few history buffs in the US today would know, but still IMO, the Battle of the Atlantic near the US shores is "a little known chapter".

[@jrcrawford4]

@@brucebear1 My memory may be wrong, but I took the commentary in the video to mean that few people knew about the Battle of the Atlantic. As part of that, Drumbeat would be lesser known, but I would think more people would know that the war was fought in the world's oceans as well as on land. But then I am one of those history nerds!

[@brucebear1]

Yes, that's likely. I consider the quote from Churchill (something like) "the only thing that ever really frightened me was the U-boats" and it's amazing that fewer people know about the Battle of the Atlantic. I lived in England for a while and everyone knows about Spitfires and Lancasters Dunkirk and buzz-bombs but you rarely hear of anyone talking about U-boats, destroyers or corvettes, and Liberators and Sunderlands.

[@jrcrawford4]

Even in England? That IS surprising.

[@rupertmcnaughtdavis3649]

Wonder who sunk it ?

[@brucebear1]

One of the freighter ships in the convoy, the "SS. Unicoi" was fitted with a defensive cannon. It's gunners got a few shells off, some were thought to hit; even if they didn't, it's likely that those shells and fire from a few machine guns on Unicoi kept German gunners off the decks of the U-boat and prevented them from putting up effective anti-aircraft fire against the Navy planes. Those Navy planes, in the absence of defensive fire, dropped depth charges on or near the U-boat. Soon, after this action from Unicoi and the patrol planes, the U-boat went under for the last time. I do not know whether the US Navy ever made a definitive decision as to which played the major role in the sinking -- my opinion is that both worked together to fatally wound the submarine. The Navy recognizes that both played a part.

[@applesnow6516]

yeah right they show me like 3 seconds of the wreck , wtf

[@alanstrong3295]

Scary to know that enemy forces almost reached American shores.

[@bujarshahini1773]

America is a snake America have a a lot enemies

[@davidh9844]

Actually, there was a group of Nazis who landed on Long Island, and made their way into New York City. Don't remember exactly where and when, but it should be an easy google search.

[@donteague614]

These wolf pack sub sunk 700 plus civilian ships with no care to the crew that were left to drown!

[@chucknorris6640]

Most merchant ships were armed or escorted and during the first days of the war the u boats if they find a lone ships instead of instantly sinking it they disable it let the crew escape and then finish the job also before the Laconia incident (this was a incident in wich the us army Air Force bombarded a U-Boot with a Red Cross displaying on the conning tower that was in a rescue mission full of British soldiers and civilians) it was common than after a sinking the United boat will surface and help the survivors with food maps direction for getting to the closest beach compass and medical attention or even sometimes they will rescue the survivors

[@BohemianCloud35]

When my grandpa was heading over to Germany he had three ships shot out from under him in 12 hours

[@HuckleberryMoon]

I wish there was a “super-like” button.

[@KD-mm3li]

If u boats could go that close to shore. Imagine if they fired on city’s like New York or Miami. Set ashore special units on the mainland. Germany had everything to keep shipping overseas to a minimum.

[@elisecooper1942]

Salute.

[@markhill7596]

I see a great place to fish gruper. .

[@flipjenl9616]

Very curious on how the submarine will look inside. I mean, is it full with water now? Or still intact with air still sealed in there?

[@jacobkeeney7231]

are you stupid?

[@spudnik901]

So we're spending tax dollars to look at 75 year old news?

[@beebop9808]

Assuming German officials were promptly notified of the finding for the sake of the fallen soldiers families?

[@mattbatesteacher]

U-Who needs to be studied from a sub like this

[@AS-zk6hz]

As the war progressed detection methods and weapons and ships and technology to find the subs progressed so that they were the hunted not the hunters they had lost the battle of the Atlantic.

[@Climpus]

"Confirming we have a visual on the target". Why not just say "I can see it"? Instead of 'it' I was going to say 'the submarine' but as that's what they were looking for it seemed rather superfluous - they are looking for a submarine so 'it' will probably do. I just don't understand the need for this sort of language just because you're on a radio.

[@philtorres2975]

Sounds like you have never been or served in the military..

[@xtune5731]

what can you see? what is it that you see, target aka sub is clear and defined. confirming meaning, positively identified as "it"

[@jmb2323]

Using a submarine to find a submarine

[@jeffsmith4110]

Dig 'em up! The other option yields nothing. Respect? If I died at sea, I'd want someone to recover my body and send it home if possible. Who deemed it "respectful" to leave sailors at the bottom of the sea?

[@NicolasAntonioJimenez]

Even accepting that the feds should be spending to preserve history, why is any of this being done by the U.S. Department of Commerce?

[@hearsejr]

Because this was a side effect...they have an alternative motive. For several years NOAA has been mapping the coast and Chesapeake bay, looking for something. My guess is they are on a government funded treasure hunt.

[@beco5002]

lets get these glasses ASAP!!

[@shanesplace77]

Do these people not know that America was invaded during WWII

[@shermancouch9964]

Excellent report. This wreck is the obviously the grave of German warfighters. In the future, as diving technology becomes less expensive and more capable, this grave site deserves protection against future scrap and souvenir hunters. SC

[@MJLeger-yj1ww]

I wholeheartedly agree! Those are grave sites and deserve respect. I'm an open-water diver, but I believe in look but don't touch!

[@benquinney2]

The battle of the Atlantic

[@jakerusiecki]

Don’t ever open the hatch, zombie nazis probably just waiting on a chance to get out, lmao.

[@joed9491]

A very good book on the U-Boat war in 1942 is Torpedo Junction by Homer Hickham and the war the Coast Guard tried in vein to wage against them but were using WW1 cutters that would blow the fuses on them when they dropped depth charges, causing them to go dead in the water while they were all reset. The Atlantic was ripe for the pickings because the Coast Guard was unable to stop them and the Navy, under Admiral King, refused to help. It would've been much worse if Hitler had listened to his U-Boat commanders please for more subs to be sent. Only after such numerous losses did Admiral King finally relent and send in destroyers but only because shipping owners threatened to stop their shipping.

[@robertg786]

Enter the damn sub and identity the bodies. Then notify the relatives...send them the personal effects. Let the relatives have closure and give the remains a decent burial. But nooooo. Thats too expensive. Who's going to pay the bill. It's always about god damn money!

[@dmp9135]

Good luck with that. Germany was in a state of disarray after the war. Many records were destroyed.

[@DGFishRfine1]

The bodies are long gone. They were probably gone within five years. The hull was compromised, the ocean got in. Marine life will have done the rest. There's nothing to bury-not even bones. Bodies generally don't last very long on marine shipwrecks, especially marine shipwrecks in relatively shallow water, like this one.