The wrecks of a German U-boat and a merchant vessel it sank in
the Battle of the Atlantic have been found 30 miles (48 km)
off North Carolina. Researchers led by the National Oceanic
and Atmospheric Administration found U-576 within 240 yds
(220 m) of the US freighter Bluefields after 70 years. It
is a "rare window into a historic military battle", the
NOAA said. The two ships met on 15 July 1942 when the
German submarine attacked a convoy of merchant ships en
route to Florida.
"Most people associate the Battle of the Atlantic with the
cold, icy waters of the North Atlantic but few people realise
how close the war actually came to America's shores," said
David Alberg, superintendent of the NOAA's Monitor National
Marine Sanctuary. "As we learn more about the underwater
battlefield, Bluefields and U-576 will provide additional
insight into a relatively little-known chapter in American
history." Bluefields did not suffer any casualties during
the sinking but 45 crew members were lost on U-576. Germany's
foreign ministry appealed for the wreck site to be treated as
a war grave to "allow the dead to rest in peace".
The U-576 sank the Bluefields and seriously damaged two other
ships. A US Navy Kingfisher aircraft in turn bombed the German
vessel at the same time as it was attacked by the merchant
vessel Unicoi. Bluefields and U-576 were lost within minutes,
the NOAA's account of the battle says.
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