Nazi Sub Discovered Off The Coast Of Nantucket - Neatorama

Have you ever wondered how close the U.S. got to being attacked by the Nazis during World War II?

According to a recent discovery about 70 miles off the coast of Nantucket.

The German U-550 submarine was sunk by a coordinated barrage of depth charges, deck guns and a fierce ramming by the USS Gandy, and we've been looking for the remains ever since.

On July 23rd, 2012, a research team led by Joe Mazraani saw their sonar dreams come true when the notorious sub was finally discovered.

Want to know more? Read on at the i09 link below...

Link --via i09

There once was a sub in nantucket...

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I live on the coast of NC and the U-boats were very close we dive on 2 of them. They also captured a few U-boat members and found movie ticket stubs from towns on the east coast during WWII. Cool Stuff

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If you find this interesting, you should check out the book _Shadow Divers_ by Robert Kurson. It details wreck diving and identification efforts of a U-boat off the coast of New Jersey in the late 80s/early 90s.

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Will L, no, the sonar wasn't powerful enough

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Did they also find McConaughey's career down there, too?

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@Sparks and Rich--Very interesting stuff! Thanks for your input!

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Actually German U-boats got a LOT closer than 70 miles. Folks would watch ships being sunk off the East coast by U-boats quite often. One can see approximately 3 miles out to sea if standing on ground that is at sea level. Naturally the higher up you go the further away you can see. It's still a lot less than the reported 70 miles. There's even a report of a U-boat making it into New York Harbor. This doesn't include the German spies that came ashore in NJ and FL from rubber rafts launched from U-boats.

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There were German subs operating all along the East coast during WW2. I believe a lot of shipping used the intracostal waterway to avoid sub attacks:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/American_Theater_(1939%E2%80%931945)#East_Coast

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