1945: Attacks on German ships
1945: Attacks on German ships and U-boats
This section pertains to attacks on German ships and U-boats during 1945 in the Atlantic Ocean while on war patrols in the Allied warships and merchant shipping.
Image: 26-G-4557: Sinking of German U-boat, U-853, May 1945. Crewmen of USS Moberly (PF-63) watch the surface boil as a pattern of Hedgehog depth charges scored a final kill on German U-boat, U-853. Official U.S. Coast Guard Photograph, now in the collections of the National Archives.
