[DOC] [TLE] List of maritime disasters in World War II - Wikipedia [PAR] A maritime disaster is an event which usually involves a ship or ships and can 
involve military action. Because of the nature of maritime travel, there is often a 
substantial loss of life. This list covers those disasters where 30 or more lives 
were lost. ... Of the more than 4,000 people aboard, 150 were rescued. 3,850, 
Navy. [DOC] [TLE] Kriegsmarine - Wikipedia [PAR] The Kriegsmarine was the navy of Nazi Germany from 1935 to 1945. It 
superseded the ... The Kriegsmarine's most famous ships were the U-boats, most 
of which were constructed ... post until falling out with Hitler after the German 
failure in the Battle of the Barents Sea. ... Modern destroyers and light cruisers 
were also built. [DOC] [TLE] American Merchant Marine in World War 2 [PAR] Had these ships not been produced, the war would have been in all likelihood 
prolonged ... graph of World War 2 ships built and ships sunk ... About 8,300 
mariners were killed at sea, 12,000 wounded of whom at least 1,100 died from ... 
A German air attack sank 17 Allied merchant ships with a loss of more than 1,000 
lives. [DOC] [TLE] NOVA | Transcripts | Hitler's Lost Sub | PBS [PAR] Nov 14, 2000 ... More than half the time, rough seas at the wreck site mean they cannot dive. ... 
Germany built more than 1100 of these stealthy machines during the war. .... Five 
were sunk off the American coast, their positions recorded by the... [DOC] [TLE] Submarine History 1914-1941: A Timeline of Development [PAR] The British blockade began to have a telling effect, and Germany vowed to ... 
With only 35 active U-boats, Germany began sinking British merchant ships faster 
than they could be built, and ... Nonetheless, the U-boats were by then taking out 
about 300,000 tons of ... Most merchant ships were fast enough to outrun a U-
boat. [DOC] [TLE] U.S. Pacific Submarines In World War II [PAR] These losses were serious, but a far more serious loss brought about by our ... At 
war's end in August 1945 Japan had less than 2 million tons of cargo ..... Number 
of Japanese ships sunk per U.S. Sub lost in action = 1,392 / 41= 33.95. Half of the 
52 submarines lost during WW II, were built prior to the beginning of the war. [DOC] [TLE] Submarines in the Pacific [PAR] American subs inflicted significant losses to Japanese shipping during the ... high 
seas; more than half of the tonnage sunk was credited to U.S. submarines. ... 
Prior to America' sentry into World War II, the United States was a signatory to ... 
in Iceland, lives were lost as U.S. destroyers were attacked by German U-boats. [DOC] [TLE] Why Germany's Kriegsmarine Lost the Battle of the Atlantic | HistoryNet [PAR] Apr 28, 2015 ... By March 1944 Germany's U-boats in the Atlantic had turned from predator ... the 
Germans would have been better off in World War II if they had built ... The 
Kriegsmarine's leaders then embarked on a buildup that paid ... leaving the 
battleship able to do no more than travel in great circles in the mid-Atlantic. [DOC] [TLE] Wrecks: WWII - Hitler's Third Reich and World War II in the News [PAR] Remnants of a World War II German submarine or midget U-boat has washed up 
on the ... The outlines of the 24 submarines were first spotted in July by coast 
guard ... US aircraft sank the Musashi on Oct. 24, 1944, killing more than 1,000 .... 
Sub Sea Research LLC has located the worlds richest shipwreck, a WWII British
... [DOC] [TLE] U-boats in the Atlantic - VirginiaLiving.com [PAR] Jan 20, 2015 ... In April 1942, 29 crew members from a German U-boat were ... 29 sailors interred 
in the cemetery since the early days of World War II. ... the sea and weather 
conditions when his ship had first made radar .... fewer than a score of U-boats 
sank more shipping off the U.S. east ... Built with Metro Publisher... [DOC] [TLE] Victory

Question: In WWII, Germany built more than 1,100 of these subs; more than half were sunk at sea
Answer: U-boats