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HTTP:: NOAA Finds Sunken WWII Patrol Boat
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In the darkest day of World War II, when German submarines were patrolling the waters alongside the Eastern seaboards of the United States, many a trawling and fishing vessels were pressed into active duty, outfitted with small cannons and machine guns, and sent out on patrol. Large numbers of these vessels fell prey to experienced U-Boat commanders, which torpedoed them with every chance they got. One such casualty of war, a ship named YP-389, was recently discovered in an area of the ocean known as “The Graveyard of the Atlantic,” where many ships and submarines sunk. The US National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) discovered the converted fishing trawler resting some 300 feet (91 meters) below the surface, about 20 miles off Cape Hatteras, North Carolina. The area is littered with ship wrecks, which resulted from the Battle of the Atlantic. American, British and German ships alike found their end there, alongside members of their crews. When YP-389 sun!
k, on June 19th, 1942, it claimed the lives of six sailors. Fortunately, 18 others survived, LiveScience reports. “She rests now like a literal skeleton, a reminder of a time long ago when the nation was at war,” Monitor National Marine Sanctuary archaeologist Joseph Hoyt, who is also the projects' principal investigator, says...
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http://news.softpedia.com/news/NOAA-Finds-Sunken-WWII-Patrol-Boat-121449.shtml
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