Under the command of Lt. Cmdr. Maurice Jester, the cutter Icarus sank a German submarine in less than an hour.

An organization hopes to commemorate the 1942 sinking of an American destroyer, the first to be sunk after Pearl Harbor.

Its primary objective in the Atlantic: to spot and report German U-boats, which were wreaking havoc on Allied ships. In May alone, the Nazi submarine fleet sank 115 ships in the western Atlantic.

A U-Boat Class II submarine (this one depicted, UB-35, was the same class as UB-29) prowls the open seas. Science History Images / Alamy Stock Photo You get an idea before you even walk in his doo ...

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Under the command of Lt. Cmdr. Maurice Jester, the Coast Guard cutter Icarus, shown here, sank a German U-boat off the North Carolina coast during WWII. (U.S. Coast Guard) After the Japanese ...