Coast Guardsmen on the deck of the U.S. Coast Guard Cutter Spencer watch the explosion of a depth charge which blasted a Nazi U-boats's hope of...
Surfaced German U-boat is under attack by American B-25 Mitchell and B-24 Liberator bombers. A few minutes after this photograph was taken, the...
An allied tanker crumbles under the heat of fire after being torpedoed in the Atlantic Ocean by a German submarine. 1942.
Avro Anson of Coastal Command working in cooperation with two convoy escorts hunt down a German U-Boat in the Western Approaches in the spring of...
German submarine, U-185, sinks after a combined attack from several aircraft. World War II. North Atlantic Ocean.
Navy Blimp during Anti-Submarine Patrol over Atlantic Ocean, High Angle View, Office of War Information, January 1943.
The crew of US Coast Guard cutter Spencer watch one of their depth charges explode as they defend a convoy during a U-boat attack in the North...
Members of the crew of a Royal Navy ship listen to a gramophone while on patrol in the Atlantic, circa 1943.
View of an unidentified British cargo ship as it sinks in the North Atlantic, March 1940. The photo was taken from the German plane that attcked it.
Some of the two thousand vessels in the Allied convoy crossing the Atlantic to the North African coast to take part in Operation Torch. November 1942.
Cheering sailors and Wrens of the Royal Navy line the entrance to Gladstone dock in Bootle, Liverpool to celebrate the arrival of the U-boat...
The crew of a British destroyer clear the snow and ice from her decks, whilst on convoy escort duty in the North Atlantic, 11th April 1943.
The Atlantic Ocean: Air Combat intelligence officers, Lt. Leslie McCreath, Jr., of Scranton, PA and Lt. Curtis B. Brooks, of Providence, RI quiz a...
Convoy of coasters sets out at dawn under the protection of escort ships and barrage balloons against air attacks
Sailors enjoy large quantities of Ballantine's beer and planters peanuts on the deck of the US Naval Battleship USS Iowa known as 'The Big Stick' in...
Encounter in the Atlantic Ocean between an Italian submarine and a German submarine, World War II, 20th century.
The Princess of Wales, Princess Diana, and The Prince of Wales, Prince Charles visit Liverpool For The Battle Of The Atlantic Service. The 50th...
The Princess of Wales, Princess Diana, and The Prince of Wales, Prince Charles visit Liverpool For The Battle Of The Atlantic Service. The 50th...
View of United States Navy personnel manning anti-aircraft guns on board the USS Arkansas dreadnought battleship on convoy escort duty in the North...
Series of small eruptions in the water show the path of an air attack on German Submarine U-134. John T. Hitchcock piloted the VP-201
Members of a boarding party from the USS Guadalcanal descend through the hatch of a captured German U-boat.
Gun is put into action on board the U.S. Coast Guard Cutter Spencer following detection of a submarine below surface. World War II.
Survivor of U-175, a life ring around his neck, treads water and gestures for help while awaiting rescue. Atlantic Ocean.
Crew member keeps a tight grip on the side of a torpedo tube in an effort to stay upright on the ice-encrusted deck of a U.S. Destroyer World War II....
Coastal convoy prepare to leave a British port at dawn guarded by escord ships, an RAF umbrella and barrage balloons which can be seen through the...
British Seamen rescued from raft following a U-boat attack on a North Atlantic Convoy. May 1940 P011659
British Royal Navy sailors aboard a destroyer on escort duty fire warning shots to an unidentified aircraft by a 2 pounder pom pom gun on deck May...
Germany at war, Signal magazine, 1940. Battle of the Atlantic. A cargo ship sinking in flames after being hit by torpedoes from a German submarine...
Aerial view of burning convoy ship SS Pennsylvania Sun after being struck by a torpedo in the North Atlantic, July 15, 1942.
An aerial view of an Allied tanker sinking after being torpedoed by a German Submarine in the Atlantic during World War ll, 1942.
On Board A Destroyer On Escort Duty During The Battle Of The Atlantic, October 1941, A view facing aft along a Royal Navy destroyer, possibly 'B'...
View of the S.S. Empress of Britain as it burns after being bombed by German submarines in the North Atlantic. The ship sank to the bottom of the...
Swastika flying on a German submarine in the North Atlantic, 1941. A print from the Signal, Febuary 1942. Signal was a magazine published by the...
Sailors on the deck of the US Naval Battleship USS Iowa known as 'The Big Stick' share a smoke in 1943 somewhere in the Atlantic Ocean.
Sailors pose outside a gun turret on the deck of the US Naval Battleship USS Iowa known as 'The Big Stick' in 1943 somewhere in the Atlantic Ocean.
Navy Sailor on Naval Vessel Keeping Alert Watch over Merchant Ships Delivering Vital Supplies to U.S. And Allied Forces in Europe, Atlantic Ocean,...
The Princess of Wales, Princess Diana, and The Prince of Wales, Prince Charles visit Liverpool For The Battle Of The Atlantic Service. The 50th...
The Princess of Wales, Princess Diana, and The Prince of Wales, Prince Charles visit Liverpool For The Battle Of The Atlantic Service. The 50th...
The Princess of Wales, Princess Diana, and The Prince of Wales, Prince Charles visit Liverpool For The Battle Of The Atlantic Service. The 50th...
The Princess of Wales, Princess Diana, and The Prince of Wales, Prince Charles visit Liverpool For The Battle Of The Atlantic Service. The 50th...
The US battleship USS Missouri passing through the Panama Canal into the Atlantic ocean, from L'Illustrazione Italiana, New Series, No 18, November...
World War II, Atlantic Ocean A package is pictured being sent from the dreadnought battleship USS Arkansas to a destroyer by way of cables linking...
The barrells of the main armament of nine 16-inch guns mounted in triple turrets on the Royal Navy Nelson-class battleship HMS Rodney are elevated...
Grumman F4F Martlet of Fleet Air Arm 881 Naval Air Squadron landing on the flight deck of the Royal Navy Illustrious-class aircraft carrier HMS...
Small lifeboat on board a destroyer patrolling for German E -boats is lowered on entering a harbor in the North Sea.
Series of portable "sea ports" were a major part of Britains coastal defense and early warning system, 1940.
At the sound of "General Quarters," all hands are at their posts for the aiming and firing of depth charges from the USS Greer, on convoy duty in the...
German submarine attacked near Acsension Island puffs smoke after being hit by a Navy aircraft. World War II. North Atlantic.
