Hitler's Lost Sub
How the U-869 Was Discovered Off New Jersey Coast at 230 Feet
"In 1991, a fisherman's net snagged on a massive object on the seafloor 60 miles off the coast of New Jersey. Professional diver John Chatterton went down to investigate and discovered an intact German U-boat from World War II, complete with unexploded torpedoes and the remains of its crew. Astonishingly, neither the American or British authorities, nor even the German government itself, had any record of a U-boat having sunk there.
Chatterton and his diving colleagues set out to establish the submarine's identity. After six years of work, which included the tragic loss of three of their divers, they finally did so."
(Excerpted from http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/nova/lostsub/index.html)
NOVA's documentary "Hitler's Lost Sub;" will be airing November 14 on PBS.
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Posted by: JWI
10/30/00