Florida's World War II U-Boat War | VISIT FLORIDA
WEBThe Germans sank their first ship in the Gulf of Mexico on May 4, 1942, when U-507 torpedoed the freighter Norlindo, west-northwest of Key West. U-boats sank an average of about one ship per day that month.
German submarine U-2513 - Wikipedia
WEBGerman submarine U-2513 was a Type XXI U-boat of Nazi Germany's Kriegsmarine, that was operated by the United States Navy for several years after World War II.
History: WW II U-boats off the Florida coast - Naples Daily News
WEBMar 25, 2009 · In Key West, Ernest Hemingway obtained machine guns, grenades and bazookas for his personal yacht, Pilar. As captain, he routinely went on patrol, but only once saw a U-boat, from a...
Nazi submarines brought the fight to Florida during WWII - Tampa Bay Times
WEBSep 15, 2020 · For nearly a year, Nazi U-boat submarines patrolled the Gulf of Mexico and Atlantic Ocean seeking to kill Americans, disrupt merchant shipping and strike fear in the hearts of U.S. citizens.
NAZI SUBMARINES IN THE GULF, 1942 // A sea of suspicion - Tampa Bay Times
WEBJun 20, 2006 · In the summer of 1942, 15 German U-boats prowled the waters of the Gulf of Mexico, sinking dozens of American ships. The Nazi submarines never got close to Tampa Bay, but rumors and false...
The Second Happy Time: German U-Boats Feeding Off US Coast
WEBOct 22, 2023 · WW2: The U.S. oiler SS Pennsylvania Sun torpedoed by the German submarine U-571 on 15 July 1942, about 200 km west of Key West, Florida (USA). Pennsylvania Sun was saved and returned to service in 1943.
Museum of Florida History
WEBThe continued presence of U-boats in Florida waters was confirmed, however, by the shooting down of an American military blimp by a German submarine in waters off the Florida Keys in July 1943. German Saboteurs in Florida: Florida became the scene of a bizarre plot in June 1942 when four saboteurs came ashore from German submarine U …
NAS Key West - Museum of Florida History
WEBWith the German U-boat threat to Atlantic shipping, Key West became an assembly point for convoy formation. Meacham Field, the Key West Municipal Airport, became an Army Air Field immediately after the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor with antisubmarine aircraft and P-40 Warhawk fighters stationed there.
Submarine Base, a War Memorial - The Historical Marker Database
WEBMay 5, 2023 · During World War II, German U-boats sank 49 ships off the coast of Florida. The primary role of submarines stationed here during World War II was training for sonar detection of enemy ships and protection of Allied supply convoys in the Atlantic.
Germany brought WWII to the Florida coast in 1942 - Lakeland …
WEBJun 23, 2019 · U-boats hunted with scant opposition from Key West to the Yucatan Strait, and from Florida’s Big Bend to the mouth of the Houston Ship Channel.