A German submarine from World War II-- rumored to have been used to transport ... according to the paper. Out of the 118 Type XXI submarines built by Nazi Germany during the war, only two were ...

And in 1945, German naval ... during World War II were used mainly for defending friendly coastlines, harassing enemy warships and interdicting enemy convoys. The Type XXI was meant to carry ...

In the dying days of World War II, a German sub was reportedly sunk ... survey ship Viña show the U-boat U-3523—an advanced Type XXI submarine—resting in an extraordinary position, with ...

Only one original Type XXI U-boat survives, the Wilhelm Bauer (formerly U-2540), which is now part of the German Maritime Museum in Bremerhaven ...

The German Type XXI submarine was so advanced that the ... quality control – only four were fit for combat before World War II ended and just two were deployed, neither sinking any allied ...

1945: In the waning days of World War II, U-2511, under Korvettenkapitan ... It marks the first and only combat patrol by a Type XXI Elektroboot, the German U-boat that profoundly influenced ...

The submarine was sunk on May 6, 1945, the day after Nazi forces surrendered in Denmark, parts of Germany and the Netherlands in World War II, according ... "The Type XXI was the first genuine ...

And in 1945, German naval ... during World War II were used mainly for defending friendly coastlines, harassing enemy warships and interdicting enemy convoys. The Type XXI was meant to carry ...

Summary and Key Points: The Greater Underwater Propulsion Power Program (GUPPY) was launched by the U.S. Navy after World War II to enhance ... reverse engineering German Type XXI U-boats.