Submarines: A long-ranged submersible, the Type IX was the most successful U-boat of the war, with each vessel averaging over 100,000 tons of shipping sunk. One Type IX ... MTBs: The R1-class of ...
It was the first enemy warship seized on the high seas by the US Navy since the War of 1812. It was a remarkable coup, not ...
In the final weeks of World War II, a Japanese torpedo sank an American heavy cruiser. Only 316 of the 900 sailors who survived the initial attack were ultimately rescued ...