In the vast, frigid waters of the North Atlantic, a cataclysm unfolded quietly before the United States' official entry into the Second World War.On October 31, 1941, near Iceland, the USS Reuben James (DD-245), an American Naval destroyer, was tragically destroyed by a German U-boat, U-552, marking the first U.S. Navy ship sunk by enemy…
In the vast, frigid waters of the North Atlantic, a cataclysm unfolded quietly before the United States' official entry into the Second World War.On October 31, 1941, near Iceland, the USS Reuben James (DD-245), an American Naval destroyer, was tragically destroyed by a German U-boat, U-552, marking the first U.S. Navy ship sunk by enemy…