Germany completed its first U-boat (the U-1) in 1905 and was the first nation to use a submarine during World War I. By comparison, the U.S. Navy commissioned its first sub (the U.S.S. Holland) in ...

USS Buckley engaged in one of World War II’s most surreal naval battles with German submarine U-66. After bombarding the ...

The German U-Boat Autogiro Posted: June 9, 2025 | Last updated: June 9, 2025 During the Second World War the Germans experimented with an interesting rotary wing design known as a 'rotor kite'.

Slow Roll for German U-boat . When operational, the U17 was powered by two 4-stroke MTU 600-horsepower diesel-electric engines, and had a cruising speed of 10 knots surfaced and 17 knots submerged.

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. Advertisement ...

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