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Torpedoed US warship found, USS Eagle PE-56


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https://www.bbc.com/news/world-us-canada-49050972

 

A private dive team has found the last American warship sunk off the US east coast in WWII - solving a 75-year-old naval cold case.

 

The sinking of the USS Eagle PE-56 was first deemed an accident until new evidence established it had been hit by a German submarine.

 

Its location remained a mystery until June 2018, when the ship was found five miles (8km) off the coast of Maine.

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Its sinking was initially blamed on a boiler explosion, despite accounts from surviving crew members, who said they had spotted a German submarine before their ship sank.

In a rare move, the Navy overturned its initial ruling after declassified German documents confirmed that the Eagle had been hit by a torpedo.

The sinking was changed to a combat loss and all of the Eagle's crew members were posthumously awarded a Purple Heart for their service.

"History was rewritten," Mr Neyland said. The discovery is invaluable recognition for the crew of the Eagle "for having their ship shot at beneath them".

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