World War II Wrecks Off NC's Outer Banks-- Part 3: Even Two WW I Ships

"Off the coast of North Carolina lies the remains of a forgotten  World War II battlefield that serves as the final resting place of  nearly 1,700 men lost during the Battle of the Atlantic,"  NOAA reports in its proposal.  "In just three years, from 1942 to 1945, 90 ships were lost off  North Carolina alone as a result of this action. of 78 merchant  tankers and freighters, eight Allied warships and  four German U-boats resting on the seabed."

The thirteen ships visited by the team recently included two with ties to World War I, Light Vessel 71 and Merak, and six  from World War II:  the Portland, F.W. Abrams,  Kesehena,  Kasandra Louloudis, City of Atlanta and San Delfino.

In the case of the City of Atlanta,  43 of the 46 people aboard died, while 28 of 50 on the San Delfino perished.

--GreGen