Over eight decades ago, the US Navy made the historic capture of a Nazi U-boat during World War II. A treasure trove of vital German intelligence, the submarine's capture was top-secret. See inside ...

A restored PT-305 patrol-torpedo boat – nicknamed the USS Sudden Jerk – serves as the centerpiece of the National World War II Museum’s renovated John E. Kushner Restoration Pavilion. The pavilion has ...

The 80th anniversary of one of World War II’s strangest sagas — the sinking of the USS Cythera off North Carolina — came and went without notice in 2022, largely because the mystery remains unresolved ...

The hunt for lost Nazi U-Boats, and the treasures they carried, is on in History Channel’s new series “The Lost U-Boats of WWII” set to premiere Tuesday, February 27 at 10 p.m. In tonight’s episode, ...

All the Latest Game Footage and Images from Torpedo Boat Take control of one of the most dangerous American ships during World War II and become a capitan of the elite crew of torpedo boats. Patrol ...

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On May 2, 1942, a German U-boat sank the ex-USS Cythera off North Carolina, then plucked two crewmen out of the ocean and took them to a German POW camp in Prussia. US Navy image The 80th anniversary ...