NOAA team discovers two vessels from WWII convoy battle off North Carolina

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Zorch
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NOAA team discovers two vessels from WWII convoy battle off North Carolina

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"A team of researchers led by NOAA's Office of National Marine Sanctuaries have discovered two significant vessels from World War II's Battle of the Atlantic. The German U-boat 576 and the freighter Bluefields were found approximately 30 miles off the coast of North Carolina. Lost for more than 70 years, the discovery of the two vessels, in an area known as the Graveyard of the Atlantic, is a rare window into a historic military battle and the underwater battlefield landscape of WWII."

http://phys.org/news/2014-10-noaa-team- ... onvoy.html

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Sunk by a bloody Kingfisher??….it certainly wasn't one of mine! More likely got sunk by the freighter's deck gun. For them to have ended up 250 meters apart in Davy Jones Locker the U-boat Kapitain can't be said to have been cautious.
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No, he was friendly. He would've gotten closer to exchange fruitcakes if he was allowed. No such luck.

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I guess the agressive rating of the U-Boat commande was 80+?
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ORIGINAL: geofflambert

No, he was friendly. He would've gotten closer to exchange fruitcakes if he was allowed. No such luck.
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Maybe he wanted to board the freighter and make her crew walk the plank.
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ORIGINAL: Banzan

I guess the agressive rating of the U-Boat commande was 80+?
Here is his combat record: http://uboat.net/men/commanders/445.html

5 patrols, 163 days at sea, 4 ships sunk (15,450 tons) and 2 ships damaged (19,457 tons).
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