12-16 May 1945 A.D. PORTSMOUTH, HM: U-Boat (U-234) surrenders—Hitler’s last U-boat
12-16 May 1945 A.D. PORTSMOUTH, HM: U-Boat (U-234) surrenders—Hitler’s last U-boat
12 May 1945--the
Coast Guard-manned frigate USS Forsyth (PF-102) was called off her weather
station to search through haze and fog for a German submarine that was
attempting to surrender. Three days later Forsyth joined Sutton
(DE-771) in accepting the surrender of U-234 at 46º 39′ N. x 45º 39′ W. This submarine
was carrying a German technical mission and supplies, including a cargo of
uranium, to Tokyo. Earlier, two Japanese passengers on board had committed
suicide rather than surrender
16 May 1945 – The Nazi submarine
U-234 surrendered to US forces at Portsmouth, NH. It had been bound for Tokyo
with 10 containers of uranium oxide. The atomic material ended up in the bombs
dropped on Hiroshima and Nagasaki.
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