Chronology of World War II

Sunday, April 16

U-boat Crew Abandoning Ship


U-boat Crew Abandoning Ship
This April 16, 1944, photo provided by the US Navy shows crewmen of the German U-550 submarine abandoning ship in the Atlantic Ocean after being depth charged by the USS Joyce, a destroyer in an Allied convoy that the submarine attacked. A team of explorers found the U-550 Monday on the floor of the Atlantic about 70 miles south of Nantucket Island. (AP/U.S. Navy)