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U-boat
U-boat is the anglicized version of the German word U-Boot , itself an abbreviation of Unterseeboot , and refers to military submarines operated by Germany, particularly in World War I and World War II...
Timeline of Events
1917
1.31.1917
World War I: Germany announces its U-boats will engage in unrestricted submarine warfare.
1939
9.17.1939
World War II: A German U-boat ''U 29'' sinks the British aircraft carrier HMS Courageous.
1941
10.31.1941
World War II: The destroyer USS ''Reuben James'' is torpedoed by a German U-boat near Iceland, killing more than 100 United States Navy sailors. It is the first U.S. Navy vessel sunk by enemy action in WWII.
1946
2.12.1946
World War II: Operation Deadlight ends after scuttling 121 of 154 captured U-boats.
1954
9.3.1954
The German U-Boat U-505 begins its move from a specially constructed dock to its final site at Chicago's Museum of Science and Industry.