NC Wreck Diving - U-352

This was an amazing wreck. I dived it a couple years ago twice. Can still look inside the conning tower and see a torpedo still loaded inside.

my dad was in the pacific as a tailseat gunner in sbd dive bombers and won 4 air medals during the war.. i have been interested in ww2 history since i was a child..i dove the wreck 20 years ago and it remains the coolest war machine or battle site I've ever seen...like my dad would say when sailors got their ship sunk and died ''poor bastards''

Olympus Dive Center in Morehead City dives this Uboat 22 miles offshore from Cape Lookout. I dove this once long ago. Impressive wreck.

Such a sadness in the beauty.

Here is an excerpt from the official report of the sinking of U-352: " At 1709 EWT, the U-boat broke the surface at a 45 degree angle, down by the stern. ICARUS immediately opened fire with her 50 calibre M.G. on her starboard quarter and 30 calibre M.G. on the flying bridge. By that time she had moved to approximately 1,000 yards distance. Men were seen climbing from the U-boat’s conning tower. ICARUS swung around as quickly as possible to bring her 3-inch gun to bear. Her first two shells straddled the U-boat, then the gunner found the target. Of fourteen shots six direct hits and one ricochet hit were scored on the hull and conning tower. Thirty-three men tumbled from the conning tower in clock-like precision, swimming rapidly away from the boat. U-352 remained on the surface five minutes. She sank at 1714" Probably, some men were struck by gunfire from Icarus and killed immediately or injured and died in the water; those men would not have "gone down with the ship" but would have been unaccounted for. Icarus recovered 34 men, 4 injured, from the water. A total of 12 remained unaccounted for. (Note: The firing of machine guns at a surfaced sub was not to attempt to sink the U-boat but to prevent members of the sub's crew from manning the deck cannon and/or the anti-aircraft cannon and use them at the US patrol boat. The firing of the 3" gun on Icarus was to damage the U-boat and sink it but this cannon fire would also have helped to protect Icarus from gunfire from the U-boat.) The reported circumstances of the U-boat's sinking indicate that it sank with the hatches open, thus allowing major water entry during the sinking. The reports states that prisoners said that one officer was killed in the control room by the concussion of a nearby depth charge; also, one prisoner who was taken aboard USCGC Icarus had a severed leg; despite first aid, he died shortly afterwards before Icarus reached shore.

Glorious film quality makes this excellent vid even more watchable. Superb work !

The video is perfect. So many Divers . The bubbles are more plentiful than a Larence welk show . Keep making great videos. 😁

We were diving the 352 on the morning of 9/11. She is still one of my favourite wrecks.

I love your choice of music for this amazing piece. Makes you realize the waste of war and the young men that perished had parents. So sad.

Great video, sir. Been there many times. Love that site!

Thats so awesome!

After the Allies dramatically improved their radar techniques combined with long-range reconnaissance planes, the hunters quickly became the hunted. The turning point was May of 1943 when Germany lost 41 U-Boats and 37 others were damaged.

The History Guy says it was sank by USCGC Icarus. Depth charges destroyed it and forced it to surface. Once surfaced, the Icarus captain opened fire, not realizing the sub crew wanted to surrender. These Germans were the first American POWs.

That’s one amazing bit of history right there and in such good condition afte all this time

I expect, for a few minutes anyway, that the boat felt almost alive again, with the activity going on around it. They say ships have no soul, but I think 'they' are wrong. Great video. Thank you for posting it.

Dived the U-352 back in the late 80’s. The history aspect of it made it an interesting dive but it was not that exciting. Dived the U-85 in the late 70’s. That was an exciting dive! The deck gun still intact, a torpedo visible in one of the torpedo tubes. Tons of marine life. Dark, cold water. Remember it like it was yesterday!

Been there many times...one of the many beauties of the graveyard of the atlantic..

Good video. Thanks for sharing. I'll probably check out that dive site in 2021.

Nice visibility, gives you a better sense of proportion. At 115 ft that gives you some nice bottom time. Thanks for sharing.

splendide !