Record #:

16153

Author(s):

Mobley, Joe A.

Abstract:

Torpedo junction referred to the state's Atlantic coastline. Before Germany declared war on the United States, Germany's U-boats were successfully sinking commercial vessels for a six month period before the country could retaliate. From December 1941 to April 1942, U-boats operated with tragic precision, torpedoed an estimated 87 ships off the state's coast.

Source:

Tar Heel Junior Historian (NoCar F 251 T3x), Vol. 25 Issue 3, Spring 1986, p6-9, il

Subject(s):

North Carolina--History--World War, 1939-1945--Naval operations--Submarines