U 869
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U
869 disappeared in the deep outside the coast of New
Jersey in February 1945. The cause for the sinking was for
some time quite a mystery, since the identity couldnt be
verified. It was believed for a long time that U 869 had
been lost outside Rabat in North Africa in February 1945.
But after divers found the wreck in September 1991, different
items from her inventory was salvaged, and a name of one
of her crew members was determined together with spare
part boxes and other details. And then the riddle was
solved once and for all. After six years of research and
diving the identity was certain. It is most likely she was
sunk by the US Coast guard escort USS Howard D Crow
11.February 1945. The wreck rest on a depth of 73 meter on
her keel approx 52 nautical miles outside New Jersey.
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73.02W  Picture: U 805, a type IXC\40 class Courtesy of Uboat.net 
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