On June 4, 1944, the US Navy captured its first German submarine. Now it's displayed at Chicago's Griffin Museum of Science ...

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 America.

Several American sailors climbed aboard the German submarine U-505, focused on saving it from sinking into the depths of the Atlantic Ocean. They did not know if the Nazi submariners who dove ...

This undated photo, provided by the National WW II Museum in New Orleans, shows Oberleutnant zur See Hans-Gunther Kuhlmann, center, saluting commander of the German U-boat U-166 on his boat. The U-166 ...

A German U-boat that sank off the British coast during World War II has been captured on camera in remarkable images. The pictures were taken by diving contractor Dive Newquay, which took a group of ...

The Battle of the Atlantic, the prolonged and relentless struggle that for six years tilted the fate of the global conflict in the frigid ocean waters, could have developed in a radically different wa ...

Researchers discovered the wreck of a World War II-era submarine off the coast of Norway this year. The HMS Thistle was a British sub that sank after being hit by a German vessel in 1940. Researchers ...

Fifteen years ago, retired naval aviator and World War II veteran John Bradley told me, “I’m afraid to slow down for fear the engine might quit.” Last month, John celebrated his 100th birthday. He ...

Submarines have since their introduction been key during naval warfare, and indeed played an important role during World War ...