The U-853, which lies 121 feet deep and 8 miles east of Block Island, was one of many German U-boats that brought a mostly faraway war to the coastal United States.

One of Rhode Island’s preeminent World War II experts – Tim Gray, who has made 42 documentaries on the war – said he wouldn’t be surprised if German U-boats made their way into ...

Explorers say they've found the wreckage of a British warship that was sunk by a German U-boat during World War I. Some 524 people, including the ship's captain, perished when the HMS Hawke went ...

Germany's U-505 submarine was the 1st warship captured by the US Navy in over a century and top secret during World War II. See photos of the inside.

By the war’s end in November 1918, these mysterious decoys had fought around 70 engagements, sinking no more than 11 U-boats, according to Smoke and Mirrors.

On October 15, 1914, a German sub captained by U-boat ace Otto Weddigen attacked the HMS Hawke, killing 524 crew members, ...

One of the deadliest military machines of World War II was the infamous German U-boat. While most people know a little about U-boats and are more than aware that they're submarines, one thing that ...

Robert W. Boynton, 19, a West Aurora High School graduate, was murdered after his plane was shot down in Germany in 1944.

"The only thing that ever really frightened me during the war was the U-boat peril," admitted Winston Churchill at the close of the world's most deadly conflict. Not the Blitz bombing campaign ...

"What's also interesting is there are photos taken in 1919 or 1920 after World War I, when a German U-boat was captured," Haddox said. "They sailed it up the Mississippi River and kind of showed ...

I’ve long been intrigued at mentions of a sunken German U-boat explored by divers in Rhode Island waters. But I’d never known if that was a sign World War II naval battles happened close to ...