Lama di morte,
tra le onde rabbiose,
affamata
di prede e gloria.
Lama della sorte:
a fondo,
prigioniero
per sempre,
nella sabbia dell’oceano.
Romano Pisciotti
l’U-352 è significativo per la storia militare americana, la storia marittima e l’archeologia storica poiché è stato il primo U-boat affondato dalla Guardia costiera degli Stati Uniti al largo della costa orientale americana durante la battaglia dell’Atlantico della seconda guerra mondiale.
U-boat is the anglicised version of the German word U-Boot [ˈuːboːt] , a shortening of Unterseeboot, literally “undersea boat”. While the German term refers to any submarine, the English one (in common with several other languages) refers specifically to military submarines operated by Germany, particularly in the Firstand Second World Wars. Although at times they were efficient fleet weapons against enemy naval warships, they were most effectively used in an economic warfare role (commerce raiding), enforcing a naval blockadeagainst enemy shipping. The primary targets of the U-boat campaigns in both wars were the merchant convoys bringing supplies from Canada, the British Empire, and the United States to the islands of the United Kingdom and (during the Second World War) to the Soviet Union and the Allied territories in the Mediterranean.
Romano Pisciotti, surfing web
