sunken u boat by kingfishers found

tom d. friedman · **Posted:** Wed Oct 22, 2014 9:04 am

a german navy ww2 u boat has been found off the Carolinas along w/ a sunken merchant ship 240 yards away. the u - boat is utterly gorgeous covered in sea life, corals etc. sunk by vought kingfishers according to navy records. the sub is upright, & looks like the tulip fields of Holland!! it's on yahoo news.

Milmart Militaria · **Joined:** Tue Jun 10, 2014 12:10 am **Posts:** 59

U-576

http://www.uboat.net/boats/u576.htm

Quote:

On 15 July 1942 convoy KS-520, proceeding from Norfolk to Key West, Florida encountered U-576 off Cape Hatteras. U-576 sank one ship and damaged two others before she was sunk by shells from the deck gun of USS Unicoi and bombs from 2 Kingfisher aircraft (pilots: Ens. Frank C. Lewis, Charles D. Webb) of VS-9D4, NAS Cherry Point, NC, part of the Eastern Sea Frontier Inshore Patrol Squadron. Many reference sources claim Unicoi rammed U-576, but not according to witnesses on the Unicoi.

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article ... attle.html

CoastieJohn · **Joined:** Fri Feb 11, 2011 5:37 pm **Posts:** 1380

Been talking offline with some USCG historians about this. Trying to determine if any CG OS2U's were involved with this too. CGAS ECity had air responsibility for the Hatteras area and the VS-9 was out of Norfolk (Just north of ECity).

hang the expense · **Posted:** Thu Oct 23, 2014 7:12 am

Milmart Militaria wrote:

U-576

http://www.uboat.net/boats/u576.htm

Quote:

On 15 July 1942 convoy KS-520, proceeding from Norfolk to Key West, Florida encountered U-576 off Cape Hatteras. U-576 sank one ship and damaged two others before she was sunk by shells from the deck gun of USS Unicoi and bombs from 2 Kingfisher aircraft (pilots: Ens. Frank C. Lewis, Charles D. Webb) of VS-9D4, NAS Cherry Point, NC, part of the Eastern Sea Frontier Inshore Patrol Squadron. Many reference sources claim Unicoi rammed U-576, but not according to witnesses on the Unicoi.

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article ... attle.html

One cool pic.

hang the expense · **Posted:** Thu Oct 23, 2014 7:14 am

Wrong pic response.I meant to respond to the C-47 paratroopers.

Nathan · **Posted:** Thu Oct 23, 2014 8:22 am

ww2 will never die. It will always be alive and new discoveries will always keep our memories fresh! :drink3:

Pat Carry · **Posted:** Thu Oct 23, 2014 9:56 am

Nathan wrote:

ww2 will never die. It will always be alive and new discoveries will always keep our memories fresh! :drink3:

No doubt about it Nathan. There are still 2,000 U-boats (?) that have not been found yet.

Pat Carry · **Posted:** Thu Oct 23, 2014 1:39 pm

I wonder just how many U-boats have been found around the world now?
I know there are more than a few American subs that are still out there somewheres.

StangStung · **Posted:** Thu Oct 23, 2014 3:23 pm

Pat Carry wrote:

I wonder just how many U-boats have been found around the world now?
I know there are more than a few American subs that are still out there somewheres.

2000 is a pretty big number for U-boats proper. Closer to 700 total were lost during the war. You should try this link for all things U-Boat:

http://www.uboat.net/

And if you haven't seen the U-505 in Chicago, you should. It's fascinating.

Pat Carry · **Posted:** Thu Oct 23, 2014 3:59 pm

StangStung wrote:

Pat Carry wrote:

I wonder just how many U-boats have been found around the world now?
I know there are more than a few American subs that are still out there somewheres.

2000 is a pretty big number for U-boats proper. Closer to 700 total were lost during the war. You should try this link for all things U-Boat:

http://www.uboat.net/

And if you haven't seen the U-505 in Chicago, you should. It's fascinating.

Yea, I was thinking 2000 was a tad on the high side. Been to the U-505 many times. An amazing piece of history especially now that its inside.

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