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Ball turret gunner Alan Eugene Magee (1919–2003), though suffering 27 shrapnel wounds, bails out (or is thrown from wreckage) without his chute at ~20,000 feet (6,100 m), loses consciousness due to altitude, freefall plunges through glass roof of the Gare de Saint-Nazaire and is found alive but with serious injuries on floor of depot:saved by ...
The wreck of one of the most storied US Navy submarines of World War II has been found in the South China Sea eight decades after its last patrol, the Navy’s History and Heritage Command said ...
The wreckage of a Second World War US Navy destroyer known as the “Ghost Ship of the Pacific” has been discovered off the coast of California almost eight decades after it sank.
The remains of the century-old Navy destroyer USS Stewart were found some 3,500 feet deep on the ocean floor in the Cordell Bank National Marine Sanctuary – about 50 miles from San Francisco ...
Launched in 1926, it was pressed into service as a military transport during World War II. It was sunk by the American submarine USS Sturgeon on 1 July 1942, drowning 1,054 people, mostly Australian prisoners of war and civilians who were being transported from Rabaul , the former Australian territory of New Guinea, to Hainan . [ 2 ]
Operation Deadlight was the code name for the Royal Navy operation of November 1945 – February 1946 to scuttle German U-boats surrendered to the Allies after the defeat of Germany near the end of World War II. After the surrender, political discussions continued between the Allies concerning the final disposal of the surviving German naval ...
NOAA and its research partners shared the first glimpses in decades of a German submarine U-576 downed off the coast of North Carolina during World War II.
It was located at a depth of 4,700 feet (1,400 m). In January 2001, the wreckage was once again spotted, but this time it was located by C & C Technologies. [2] [8] Located one mile (1.6 km) away was the wreckage of German submarine U-166 after it had been sunk with depth charges by PC-566. [9]