08-24-2009, 11:43 AM
One of my brothers who became a Navy Lifer as a "Tin Can Sailor"
(Destroyer Duty) often told us that the American public had no idea
of how close and how many U-Boats they encountered off the East
Coast of the USA.
From Maine South to New Jersey and South from the Carolinas to
Cuba they at least chased quite a few of them away after true
sightings by the sailors.
The Naval Air Station in Weymouth,MA had several fixed wing and
helicopters used to try and sight the Subs from the air. They even
had two dirigibles they used as they could/would hover over certain
areas leading to harbors.
Top/Sgt Leo 