U-853

USA, Rhode Island
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Snorkeling and Scuba Diving at U-853

Mostly intact 251 foot long submarine wreck (class IXC/40). This wreck is famous for being the LAST German U-boat to attack & sink another ship during WWII (The Black Point) on May 5'th, 1945, and was counter-attacked & sunk by the US Navy on May 6'th, 1945 (by Destroyer Escort USS Atherton and US Patrol Frigate USS Moberly). NE of Block Island. U-853 is also known as U-85.
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