Explorers find downed German U-Boat off Massachusetts

Nearly 70 years after it sank


BOSTON – Divers have discovered a World War II-era German submarine nearly 70 years after it sank under withering U.S. attack in waters off Nantucket.

The U-550 was found Monday by a privately funded group organized by New Jersey lawyer Joe Mazraani. It was the second trip in two years to the site by the team, some of whom had been searching for the lost U-boat for two decades.

Using side-scan sonar, the seven-man team located the wreck listing to its side in deep water about 70 miles south of Nantucket.

Sonar operator Garry Kozak said he spotted the 252-foot submarine during the second of an exhausting two days of searching. Kozak said the team asked him if they'd found it, then erupted in joy without a word from him.

"They could see it with the grin (on my face) and the look in my eyes," Kozak said.

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Saw it on the news.

Thanks for the link. My history is failing me. Didn't realize they were this close to the USA.

Somewhere around here I have a book that details 2 stops made by U-boats in one of the Carolinas and another in Florida. There are also 2 supposedly sunk in the Gulf of Mexico. The book goes on to describe the plane and type of "skipping" bomb that was used to destroy them. Interesting read for sure, people like to discredit such things all the time, living in the delusional mindset that America is somehow untouchable, when in fact we are just as human as the rest of the world populace.



Badger

We're just farther away from most of the other first world countries.