Senin, 24 Juli 2017

WWII Today- December 2012

Decades-Long Search Leads to Discovery of U-Boat Off Nantucket The salvage team had spent two days far off Nantucket Island aboard the 45-foot dive boat Tenacious, pinging the depths with sonar. Night was coming. Suddenly the sonar picked up something, perhaps a rounded metal snout. A second pass revealed a fuller image—a World War II–vintage …

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