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The U.S. Navy's Eagle Class Sub-Chaser U.S.S. Eagle-56 (PE-56) was torpedoed and sunk by the German U-boat U-853 approximately nine miles southeast of this location on Monday, 23 April 1945, with the loss of forty-nine officers and crewmen. Thirteen survivors were rescued. It was the greatest loss of U.S. Navy personnel in New England waters during World War II.
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Cape Elizabeth, Maine · United States
