[dhoward]

in 1941, during the first 6 months of the German U-boat offensive out of the US east coast some 397 ships totalling over 2 million tons were sunk, costing roughly 5000 lives. In the process only 7 U-boats (U-85, U-352, U-157, U-158, U-701, U-153 and U-576) were lost. There were only survivors from U-352 (33) and U-701 (7), the rest went down with all hands. 302 Germans were lost on these 7 boats.
I have made dives on some of these boats, and will be part of a History Channel program on U-701 out of Moorehead City.
The U-boat threat, commencing with Operation Drumbeat, was more significant than many people know...