North American Coast
This is the battleground of Operation Drumbeat in 1942 and the continued German U-boat strikes throughout the war. This map does not include the boats scuttled there post-war.
U-boats lost off the US coast
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Click on any marker to see the boat's number. Left double-click to zoom-in. Right double-click to zoom-out.
20 German U-boats lost off the US coast. The red line shows the approximate route for the North Atlantic convoys. See our larger map for the Cape Hatteras.