Friday, September 6, 2019

North Carolina U Boat Dive






The u-352 was a german submarine that was used during the notorious u-boat attacks during wwii along the nc coast. on may 9, 1942 it was sunk by the coast guard cutter 'icarus.' this site was discovered in 1974 by olympus owner and captain, george purifoy, and several friends.. German submarine u-352 was a type viic u-boat of nazi germany's kriegsmarine during world war ii. the submarine was laid down on 11 march 1940 at the flensburger schiffbau-gesellschaft yard at flensburg, launched on 7 may 1941, and commissioned on 28 august 1941 under the command of kapit