As World War I raged in 1914, Germany secured key Belgian ports, using them as U-boat bases to threaten British waters. The Royal Navy faced relentless attacks and by 1917, desperately sought a way to ...

The dunes outside Termote’s house are still lined with concrete bunkers built by the Germans to defend its U-boat bases from British attack. It was mines like the one in Termote’s backyard ...

Fate: U-861 departed Kiel on 20 April 1944 bound for the U-boat base at Penang on the Malayan peninsula, carrying supplies for the base and tin for the Japanese. She arrived at Penang 23 September ...

The Navy's new submarine, USS Iowa, was constructed by Groton-based General Dynamics Electric Boat and it will be based at Naval Submarine Base New London.

or U-boats, sunk, scuttled, captured, or otherwise lost to German forces during World War II. Here, naval historian Timothy Mulligan describes 25 of the most historically significant U-boats.

Under the command of Lt. Cmdr. Maurice Jester, the cutter Icarus sank a German submarine in less than an hour.