German U-boat, Nicaraguan freighter discovered off Cape Hatteras in 2014
Washington, DC–(ENEWSPF)–August 22, 2016 – July 15, 1942. America had been in World War II for less than a year, but the fight was coming to the nation’s shores. That day, off Cape Hatteras, North Carolina, the German U-boat U-576 sank the Nicaraguan-flagged freighter SS Bluefields. But it came at a steep price – the merchant ship convoy and its U.S. military escorts fought back,…
