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Mid war the U-boats just about operated with impunity off the east coast of the US and Canada. No U-boats penetrated the Great Lakes during WWII. Snopes on the other hand reports this as false so I guess it's watch and shoot. I'm looking for the original article, but it's an incredible find. Reported “ Battle of Niagara Falls â€￾ which had always beenĭismissed as a collective hallucination caused by fear.â€￾ “This could explain the mysterious shipĭisappearances that took place in the region in 1943, and the Proof that they actually reached the Great Lakes ,â€￾ ProfessorĬarpenter told reporters. Their U-boats in the St-Lawrence River, but this is the first €œWe have known for a long time that the Nazis had sent some of Great Lakes, before finally being sunk by anti-sub grenades Ship could have attacked and destroyed three cargo ships and twoįishing vessels, even damaging the USS Sable (IX-81), an aircraftĬarrier of the U.S.

River, all the way to the Great Lakes, where it intended toĪ report from the dated from February 1943 suggests, that the Professor Mark Carpenter, who leads the team of archaeologists,īelieves that the U-boat could have traveled up the St-Lawrence It was reported missing in 1943 and was believed to have The submarine was identified as the UX-791, a uniqueĮxperimental German submarine, based on the U-1200 model,Īnd known to have participated in the “ Battle of the St. Temperature to go attach cables to the wreck for the recovery To complete, but the submarine was finally brought down on the The delicate recovery operation took nearly 30 hours Niagara Falls, where it must be restored before becoming a Society was mandated to refloat the ship and bring it back to The U-boat was spotted for the first time by amateur scubaĭivers in late January and they had contacted the authorities.Īrchaeologists associated with Niagara University and masterĭivers from the U.S Coast Guard were mobilized on site toĭetermine what it was, and they soon realized that they wereĭealing with a German submarine that sank during World War II.Ī wreck recovery vessel of the Great Lakes Shipwreck Historical To bring to the surface a Nazi submarine dicovered two weeks Took part this morning, in a delicate wreck recovery operation History 5 Niagara Falls| Divers from the U.S coast guard