"That Time a Navy Destroyer Landed Atop a German Sub" Topic
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 Editor in Chief Bill   | 13 Dec 2023 4:50 p.m. PST |
As the USS Borie prepared to ram a German U-boat in the early morning hours of Nov. 1, 1943, the sailors on the Navy destroyer braced for impact. Turbulent waters in the north Atlantic Ocean negated the possibility of a head-on strike, though, producing a sudden wave that lifted the Borie off its intended course… Military: link |
 foxbat  | 14 Dec 2023 5:55 a.m. PST |
Isn't it what the movie "The Enemy below" is based upon? |
| 79thPA | 14 Dec 2023 7:25 a.m. PST |
Great story, and a great flick. |
 Mserafin | 14 Dec 2023 10:04 a.m. PST |
I used to date a girl whose uncle was a 30-year US Navy veteran. He served on a lot of ships, but he was most proud of having served on the Boris. He used to wear a veteran's cap that read "USS Borie, DD 215." |
| David Manley | 14 Dec 2023 1:47 p.m. PST |
One of my T22s ended up on top of a 209 class u-boat at FOST vack in the 90s when the German surfaced. Battleaxe had just "sunk" her in an ASWEX and the sub was nearly sunk for real as the frigate's props sliced up the sub's main ballast tanks |
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