![]() ![]() Throughout 1942, war raged off the shores of North Carolina. Using manned submersibles and underwater robots in partnership with NOAA's Office of Exploration and Research, Project Baseline, the Bureau of Ocean Energy and Management, the University of North Carolina Coastal Studies Institute and SRI International, the team is currently surveying shipwrecks from a World War II battlefield off the coast of Cape Hatteras, North Carolina. How can archaeologists chart a World War II battlefield resting 700 feet down on the bottom of the Atlantic Ocean?Ī team of maritime archaeologists from Monitor National Marine Sanctuary is up to the task. Image courtesy of John McCord, UNC Coastal Studies Institute - Battle of the Atlantic expedition. Exploring World War II's Battle of the AtlanticĪugust 2016 Project Baseline's Nemo submersible shines its lights on the German submarine U- 576 resting on its starboard side, showing the submarine's conning tower and the deck gun in the foreground. ![]()
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