Many here miss the mark by NOT knowing their history. The US Coast Guard sunk MANY submarines off the east coast during WWII. Many German (and I assume Japanese, too) sabatours and spies came into the US via Submarine. There are several local legends all along the Eastern Seaboard (and I assume, western, as well) about people seeing enemy submarines and even capturing German spies... Many of these subs are still down there and accesable to divers...
U-701 and U-352 off Capa Hateras, NC
U-869 off New Jersey coast
U-550 of Cape Cod, Mass.
History, today, always makes it seem as if WWII was "over there." It wasn't! It was right here, too!
Many here miss the mark by NOT knowing their history. The US Coast Guard sunk MANY submarines off the east coast during WWII. Many German (and I assume Japanese, too) sabatours and spies came into the US via Submarine. There are several local legends all along the Eastern Seaboard (and I assume, western, as well) about people seeing enemy submarines and even capturing German spies... Many of these subs are still down there and accesable to divers...
U-701 and U-352 off Capa Hateras, NC U-869 off New Jersey coast U-550 of Cape Cod, Mass.
History, today, always makes it seem as if WWII was "over there." It wasn't! It was right here, too!