fuckyeahwrecks

The wreck of the German submarine U-550 has been discovered about 70 miles off Nantucket.  She sank on 4/16/1944, after a successful torpedo attack against the SS Pan-Pennsylvania, a gasoline tanker crossing the Atlantic in a convoy.  Unable to escape sonar detection after the attack, the U-boat was sank in turn by the USS Joyce, Gandy and Peterson.

Pictured: the U-550 after being forced to the surface by depth charges, her sailors on the conning tower (they continued a fire-fight after surfacing) and the Pan-Pennsylvania burning in the background; the U-550 at the surface; the U-boat sinks under the waves as the Coast Guard crew of the Joyce looks on (13 survivors were rescued); a sonar image of the wreck.