U-352 German U-boat Offshore Morehead City, NC

[DCRivs]

I'm honoured to have met Heinz K Richter about 2 days ago. He was the only man that survived from U Boat 352's defeat in 1942.

[djscotty1111]

@DCRivs What a story that would be a Documentary !!! I just recently got a U boot badge

I would like to speak with Him if possible ?

[jasincl]

if thease things could make it to NYC imagine todays British subs >.< can detect a ship elaving New York Harbour-From Norway D:

[TheCowboyfan67]

@jasincl the subs german not british n america has bigger better subs then the brits or at least a eqivalent.

[jasincl]

@TheCowboyfan67 i agree the US spends more money ont heir miltary

but the Royal navy has the Most advanced Submarine well DETECTION system on a submarine it can detect a ship leaving NYC Harbour from Archangel russia

[TheCowboyfan67]

@jasincl the us england n russia all have subs that work the same way n i dont think noone has anything better ok yes the us is famous for alot of things n so is britain but they both have the same type of subs

[BL00DYWEREW0LF]

The Great hunter is now the house of Lion fish..!

[CptainGarmaZabi]

Awwwwwwwwww the 5 pound gun and AA Gun are gone :(

[davvvvo]

its on land

and its a kraut sub

[chucknorris687]

poor bastards they never had a chance. They most have been on some kind of mission to attack the former Charleston Naval Shipyard 1901-1961. My dad use to work there until Clinton decided to close it. We have such a weak naval system... : (

[waynerd23]

@chucknorris687 They could have been after Norfolk too. Maybe moving around in between to catch lone ships.

[TheCowboyfan67]

@waynerd23 german subs covered all the east coast even in newyork harbor.they shadowed unsuspecting supplie ships.when the ships left the harbor for open water the sub attacked em as soon as they left. this sub wasnt as lucky it was spoted shadowing n was sunk on sight. n the missing guns where probably salvaged by the U.S. or rotted away due to decay.

[waynerd23]

@TheCowboyfan67 haha, you said what I said but with 4x as many words

[TheCowboyfan67]

@waynerd23 ya u think ur funny u just dont get the picture the germans had subs stationed from florida to newyork get it now? or do i need to tell u the stupid way?

[waynerd23]

@TheCowboyfan67 haha! Grow up! You think two short sentences commenting on a youtube video is the extent of my knowledge on the subject? I'm not funny... you are for wigging out over nothing. 1. My original comment was about that specific sub, not any other. 2. I watch enough History Channel to know German Subs were even going to crazy places like Antarticia. 3. You need anger management. 4. I've been to the site with my boat and all throughout the Outer Banks so save your history lesson.

[TheCowboyfan67]

@waynerd23 u need anger management too u noob get a life while ur at it i have friends who had family in the german navy on the uboats better coming from the ppl who served on them then some channel that has wrong facts so suck it lozer

[waynerd23]

@TheCowboyfan67 WWII involved a lot of people.... I'm sure we can all find friends with family on either side. Did they sit down and tell you all the Nazi's secrets? You must have much better resources to gather information than the History Channel? Don't worry I believe you. I understand how much smarter you are than the rest of us now.

[TheCowboyfan67]

@waynerd23 40,000 germans where in the german submarine unit 30,000 died in service the remainig died ova the years or in camps during the war or after that bumps it to 2000 but only 500 of that where officers.

n 100 of those where sub commanders n my friends grandfather was a sub commander whose sub was sunk off N.C. hes still alive n hes the one who told me so sut up about every one can find a sub commander.

[TheCowboyfan67]

@waynerd23 btw im not arguing over this any more im just giving the facts that someone dosent know about

coz most ppl dont watch the history channel n stuff. so just saying ur the one who put up a fuss

[NerdHunter87]

@koelschwolf never heard more bullshit in my life. Learn your facts retard. Every reef has lionfish, and they don't kill you. The amount of rampant stupidity on YouTube is insane.

[Feuersfotze]

how deep is this site?

[MrHobiecat]

Its been down there for almost 70 years, and you can still hear the sonar pinging! HAHAHAHHAHA!

[jvarela965]

Find anything cool inside?

[cujomojo2007]

@jvarela965 Yeah, 15 dead submariners. Most divers look but don't touch, they respect war graves.

[jvarela965]

@cujomojo2007 Im glad. The U-869 documentary was a disgrace. Get the - Hitlers Lost Sub DVD - and you will see what I mean.

[Toria8796]

raise das unterseabuton!

[cujomojo2007]

@Toria8796 Do you mean Unterseeboot?

[aure232]

@koelschwolf Cute, but dangerous and on loose...:P

[Vandenbergwatchers]

Man...those Lionfish take over everything and nearly ruin the reefs and artificial reefs.. it's awful!

[vv55sst]

@Vandenbergwatchers - Put a bounty on them and watch the population go down.

[bayonet262]

Are people alowed to enter the u-boat or is it blocked off

[bayonet262]

that would be freaky as hell going inside of that ship.

[Smalbop]

@Mhabalzizhari

OK I should have tagged my response to williamcg1979's posting as irony. Of course no one here knows anything of any of these sailors. In addition a dead man can never be your foe. But concerning your further text you're mixing things up. They were not allowed to vote. But it was easy to become a Nazi party member as a soldier, almost a must for high ranks. And the other way round - first party member, then soldier - was even "easier" to go in times of "total war" conscription.

[LadySierraSays]

very nice , great shape still ? wow , raise it up I'll buy it and make a home out of it !!! I wish I could !!! great video love seeing underwater cam stuff , facinating cool !!!

[freeharddrive]

Can you as a diver to enter the u-boot or is this too dangerous.

[snarkel234]

@freeharddrive it would be disrespectful to the people who died inside its there tomb

[williamcg1979]

@snarkel234 screw them, they were nazis, they should get no respect. i'd enter it, if i were a diver (and there were a safe way in)

[TheCodeyp]

@williamcg1979 yes it would not they killed tons of inocent jewish people

[Smalbop]

@TheCodeyp

inside the submarine? Or were there any concentraton camps offshore?

[Smalbop]

@williamcg1979

The sailors were Nazis - By consequence the ones who killed them were the sons of slaveholders, white KKK racists and mass murderers of red indian women and children. There is no other such self-righteous people on this planet as the WASP. Learn a bit about your own filthy history at first.

[williamcg1979]

@Smalbop big fuhqing deal, that doesn't make what they did any better, we quit doing all those things, they wouldn't have, until all the jews, homosexuals, and anyone NOT german were exterminated. and by the way, there are more colors of racists in this world than white, and hey, i guess the indians should have thought about advancing in technology rather than what they could use a buffalo's nutsack for or something along that line.

[Smalbop]

@williamcg1979

>> we quit doing all those things

Sure, after killing them all.

>>>hey, i guess the indians should have thought about advancing in technology

I guess so should have the jews...

Postings like yours are quite easy to provoke and they unveal how universally nazi-like the way is people behave in their relation to adjacent underdogs.

[ickerHun]

U-Boats were beautiful!

[ickerHun]

U-Boats were beautiful!

[Goofus5453]

Depth charges blue the deck gun off.

[farzaneganfamily]

@Goofus5453 Uh no. The deck gun is on display at the dive center.

[Goofus5453]

Cool, i had read that the depth charges blue it off. Where is the dive center?

[LamboK28992]

@Goofus5453 Can you spell "blew"?

Christ you are stupid

[Goofus5453]

@LamboK28992 Another YouTube spelling bee champ. I bet you have to beat the women off with a stick everytime you step outside, don't you? What a jerk off, get a life.

[LamboK28992]

@Goofus5453 I'm normally not a stickler, but for retarded fucks like yourself, I feel obliged to comment.

[Goofus5453]

@LamboK28992 Well, for somebody who's not a stickler you sure fooled me.

[destroyingsociety]

i would love to get inside that

[Bangcockbitch]

I read the same about the U-boat typ and the commander. But for me the sunken boat looks more like an IXD2 instead of VIIC.

[diveplane]

Type VIIC

Commanders

Kptlt. Hellmut Rathke

[diveplane]

Sunk 9 May, 1942 in the North Atlantic south-west of Cape Hatteras, USA, in position 34.21N, 76.35W, by depth charges from the US Coast Guard cutter USCGC Icarus. 15 dead and 33 survivors.

[annetot19]

a good dive is u 853 130 feet down still has bones inside really cool look it up its by rhode island usa

[AustralianRoad]

I hope everyone knowns they are diving on a WAR GRAVE . Show respect .

[michiellegm]

Should have captured the lion fish, they are invasive species.

[chcole1]

Great vid. Very smooth handling.

What makes this dive dangerous? Depth or currents?

[Kopihucky]

any live ordinance still onboard?

[farzaneganfamily]

No, the Navy removed it in the 70s.

[ls1z28chris]

I was at the MCAS out in Havelock back in 2006 and toured Ft Macon with a buddy. That was the first time I learned there were u-boats running around our coastal waters and being sunk.

This videos is awesome. I did a lot of fishing out there, and it is cool to see this piece of history off the coast and under the water.

[crazyflyer103]

clear water

[EvilFingers]

Gotta love the Theme Song, Das Boot!

[granetok]

one of the best movies ever made

[aure232]

wow 1:27, cute fishies...:)

[Musketnpistol]

Was stationed at FT Macon heard about this wreck but never thought I would see it Thanks

[RIPghosthunters]

Actually 33 surviors were rescued from the U532 which was sunk by a Coast Guard Cutter, These sailors were taken to Charleson South Carolina as POW's.

However, only 7 surviors of the 17 crew mermbers were picked up from the U701 several days after it was sunk by a Coast Guard Aircraft.

I was in the US Navy and was stationed nearby the site in the 70's and lived across the bay from Moorehead City at Atlantic Beach.

The U532 is a great dive but it can be very dangerous!

[alexandre210613]

@RIPghosthunters

Why dangerous ???

Happy new year.

[RIPghosthunters]

Dangerous because of water clarity @ depth with currents, and if it is still open to go inside you can get entangled. It is a good dive though. This video is the best clarity I have ever seen there, but it is a camera shot. Happy new year to you!!!

[letaflowers]

17 crew did die, the rest were taken as POW's to Charleston SC

[DasPug]

Very good post.

[dampierer]

Sigue pareciendo amenazador

parece que aun esten dentro

y vayan a salir a disparar

[geeflyboy]

Was the crew lost in the sub or did the escape? any one know?

[Shoukenlol]

all crew dead as far as i know

[yoyoofloco]

@geeflyboy Some were machine gunned in the water by the cutter.

[s4jt]

Damn it's huge!

[RikerNX01]

RIP

[gasmansqueeze1]

I was stationed in Camp Lejeune NC from 82-85 and dove off Morehead City. At that time U-352 was off limits, "sanctuary reasons"? I don't think that is the case anymore. It is in about 110 ft, so that would give one less than 15 minutes bottom time with just air.

[mixerd0822]

Thanks for posting

[phonix032]

may they rest in peace

[pumuckl1982]

The song is from the film,,Das Boot''!1981

[00MORDRED]

great movie...

:o)

[orsetto1985]

@pumuckl1982 the best movie about submarine.....

[robster129]

Whats the music trac from? I like it.

[MantaFan1992]

Schade ums Boot, aber super Video! 5 Sterne!

[scubajenjen]

How deep is this?

[gasmansqueeze1]

110 feet

[Der0nkelDoktor]

Himdarling-

It should be clarified that although Dönitz was found guilty of waging unrestricted submarine warfare, his sentence was conspicuously not carried out, based on evidence of similar British orders, and testimony by Admiral Nimitz as well as supportive statements from several American sub captains saying we did the exact same thing.

[madbiker53]

ive always fancied wreck divin

[quiqueso110]

que bueno que undieron esas mamadas los putos submarinos me tienmen asta la chingada

[00MORDRED]

what?

english subtitles please... :o)

[Himdarling44]

karlpohl, you are only half right on the survivors procedure for U-boats. For the first few years of the war, German U-Boats would often just rise up out of the water and ask the commander to politely sink his ship. Most often they complied. The survivors were allowed into lifeboats. Admiral Doenitz encouraged commanders of U-boats to help survivors for the first part of the war. Only after the "Laconia Incident" did the order to abandon all survivors go into effect.

[Himdarling44]

Also after the war in Nuremburg, while the war trials were going on. Admiral Doenitz was found guilty of war crimes for giving the order to abandon survivors, when the U.S. caused him to give the order. Also during the rescue attempt of the Laconia, several Italian subs also helped out.

[karlpohl]

Himdarling44, Help me look for the video interview of the Brit nurse that was on the Laconia and in one of the lifeboats. War sometimes brings out the best in people, friend and foe alike.

The Laconia incident shows that during those three days it also brought out the worst in some people.

May they rest in peace!

[TyLiermann]

I love the Das Boot theme. Very good choice.

[karlpohl]

Go to Chicago. U-505 is permanently docked there. It's open to the public. Go check it out! 32000 out of 40 000 of the German U-Boat (U-Boot) sailors died in those iron coffins!

The music in the video is the sound track from the awardwinning movie Das Boot (the Boat) Rent it on DVD and watch it. It is one of the most realistic submarine movies ever made.

[yamamato44]

Probably one of the best war movies made as well.

[J6Studios]

Thanks for the video! My Great Grandfather sunk the U-352.

[michaelwright999]

I read Iron Coffins 1972 best 1 Ive read on U-Boats, How deep is U 352 ?

[DiveNC]

The U-352 sits in 115 fsw

[Heavydde]

how many years in diving are you...what specialties, and why didn't you go in

[karlpohl]

I believe that most of those U-Boats that are now in Davy Jones locker are dedicated maritime gravesites and can not be disturbed. Better check with the appropriate authority before you dive. They are probably full of barnacles anyway. Let them rest in Peace!

[Heavydde]

its not a bad reason but still....

[13squadron]

the music is so bad ass...i wonder where i can buy a authentic model of a U-Boat...?

[theodor154]

My Grandfather was on an U-Boot. He was a technician onboard U-181. On of his good friends went down with this boat. R.I.P

[cha5]

Outstanding,

I wonder how many men went down with U-352?

[steponitbill]

Of the 49 crew on U-352, 33 survived it's sinking. These men were taken as POW's and were held in POW camps. 16 crew men were killed.

[cha5]

Thanks for the information,

I always think each of these U-Boats has their own story to tell.

[steponitbill]

Oh for sure. If your interested in the subject, there's a book that well worth a read. It's "Iron Coffins" (A U-Boat Commander's War 1939-1945) by Herbert A. Werner. It's his story during WW2, from training camp to Commander. Luckily he wasn't one of the 28,000 men to lose their lives on a U-Boat. Give it a read!!

[cha5]

Thanks I'll do that.

[auf23]

pardon me for interrupting, or 'The secret diary of a U-boot' by Wolfgang Hirshfield which come out in the Cassell Military Paperbacks too.

p.s. the keeping of private records was strictly forbidden that discovery would have resulted in a court martial.

[karlpohl]

steponitbill, Do you remember the true story of a German U-Boat that picked uo so many survivors of a Brit freighter that they had sunk in the Mediteranian that they were towing them iin a string of lifeboats while surfaced and heading for neutral Spain. A US B-24 spotted this rescue effort and was ordered by it's base to sink it. There were a few shipwreck survivors that were later picked up by the RN. A Brit nurse told this story.

If anybody can find a video of it, please post it here.

[karlpohl]

The interview of the Brit nurse was on the World at War docu series in the US If anybody can find it, please post it here.

Those U-Boat sailors and the U-Boat would have been interned in Spain until the end of the war That U-Boat would have never seen combat again. German sobmarines were under Hitlers order not to pick up survivors and shoot them so that they could not reveal the location of the U-Boat to allied rescuers. and would have faced execution if they would have returned to Germany.

[karlpohl]

I jusrt found the chain of events on Wikipedia. It was the Laconia incident and involved U-156, commanded by Lt. Captain Wartenstein. it happened on September 13th 1942.

It shows wat can happen when common sense takes a backseat to the heat of battle.

May all those that perisched in the Laconia incident rest in peace! Friend and foe alike.

I am sure that this info will help find the video footage of this incident. It is out there somewhere.

[steponitbill]

"16 Sep 1942:

At 1125, a B-24 "Liberator" bomber of the USAAF 343rd Squadron arrives from Ascension. U-156 flies a large Red Cross flag. The pilot assesses the rescue situation and signals his base for instructions. He is ordered to sink the submarines. At 1232, the B-24 begins 5 low level attacks. During the first attack 1 of the lifeboats is hit and capsizes. In the 2nd attack, a bomb explodes amidships and damages the U-156. The submarines cut the lifeboats' tow lines and crash dive."

[steponitbill]

The ship that was attacked by U-156 was the RMS Laconia. Check it out on Wikipedia and it will give you so more info about it's "final moments". But to go back to your original question, i have heard the story and did read about it somewhere but i've never seen the interview/programme you have mentioned.

[karlpohl]

steponitbill, I think I have it in my DVD collection but with our short summers up here in Canada I won't have time to look for that interview now.

Nobody can blame the B-24 pilot for what happened. He was wery reluctant to attack this maritime Choo-choo train of U-boats and life rafts.

A smart base commander would have ended up with three U-Boats for the allies to study if the USAF would have shephearded them into Spain or even Gibraltar and intern the crews until the end of the war.

[madbiker53]

ive heard this tale b,fore but told slightley different thanks im now wiser to wot happened

[dultra]

good work

[glendonna]

wtf this is amazing 5 stars

[kwg1]

I have fished over this wreck a few times and have lost a lot of tackle ... lol

Always wondered what it looked like. Thanks for an amazing video.