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Originally Posted by HW3
...and there was at least one case of them dropping depth charges on a sinking u-boat while the u-boat survivors were swimming in the water. There were no survivors left after the depth charges went off. America was supposed to be neutral at this time?  |
Do you have a reference for that incident? Yes, American destroyers helped escort convoys in which American merchants took part. American destroyers did help attack u-boats when American merchants were sunk. Four American destroyers were attacked, and two of them were sunk. All that is true. What I have been unable to find is any record of an American destroyer successfully sinking a u-boat before America entered the war, much less depth-charging and killing the survivors of said boat. Maybe it happened after we entered the war - I didn't check anything after 1941. Please provide something that supports this claim.
[edit] I just read GoldenRivet's account, which says the incident took place in 1942.