From the September 2, 2016, Charlotte (N.C.) Observer "A haunting moment as expedition reaches World War II U-boat, freighter wrecks off Cape Hatteras."
This is a story of a victim, the culprit and then the culprit became the victim as well. The U-boat sank the freighter and then became a victim itself and was sunk. The two ships lie close together.
The NOAA and its research partners are searching the remains of two ships sunk close by and about the same time during the horrific, but little-known for the most part Battle of the Atlantic. This is the part that occurred right off the shore of the eastern United States.
The NOAA is in the process of mapping this underwater battlefield.
--GreGen
The USS North Carolina (BB-55) My all-time favorite warship. As an elementary school student in North Carolina, I donated nickels and dimes to save this ship back in the early sixties.
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