Private dive team locates last U S warship sunk by U boat
A private divers team uncovered the USS Eagle PE 56 off Cape Elizabeth Maine, confirming it was sunk by a German submarine in World War II. The 1945 loss claimed 49 crew members with 13 survivors, and the wreck lies about 300 feet down, now documented for official review by the Naval History and Heritage Command.
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Cape Elizabeth
Maine
Garry Kozak
Ryan King
Brentwood
New Hampshire
Kozak
King
Smithsonian Channel
Paul Lawton
Massachusetts
Navy
Lawton
Germany
U.S. Navy
New London
Connecticut
Eagle
Robert Neyland
Naval History and Heritage Command
Newport
Rhode Island
Navy Eagle class patrol boat sinks in 1945 disaster
An undated U S Navy photo shows an Eagle class patrol boat like the USS Eagle PE 56. The vessel exploded and sank off Cape Elizabeth Maine on April 23 1945, killing most of its crew in New England s worst naval disaster of World War II.
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U.S. Navy
Cape Elizabeth
Maine
New England
US military returns remains from Tarawa battle dead
In Honolulu the U S military brought home the remains of more than 20 servicemen killed in the Battle of Tarawa. Air Force cargo plane carried flag draped caskets from Tarawa atoll Kiribati to Hawaii. History Flight found the remains in March. DPAA will attempt identifications using dental, DNA and other evidence.
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Honolulu
U.S
Air Force
Tarawa Atoll
Kiribati
Hawaii
History Flight
6Th Marine Regiment
Tarawa
Defense POW/ MIA Accounting Agency
Defense Pow! Mia Accounting Agency
DPAA
Joint Base Pearl Harbor-Hickam
Republic of Kiribati
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