U-boat
[yoo-boht]
Origin of U-boat
1910–15; < German U-Boot, short for Unterseeboot literally, undersea boat
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Contemporary Examples of u-boats
After all, German U-boats had killed more U.S. sailors in the north Atlantic than died at Pearl Harbor.
Historical Examples of u-boats
It was the belief that the destroyer had sunk one of the U-boats.
In the Flash Ranging ServiceEdward Alva Trueblood
My own notion of it is that the U-boats have many of us bluffed.
The U-boat huntersJames B. Connolly
It was all interesting—the life in Paris—but it had nothing to do with U-boats.
The U-boat huntersJames B. Connolly
Also he urged the crew to have a special watch out for U-boats.
The U-boat huntersJames B. Connolly
By this time the lurking U-boats had been dealt with in a most effective way.
A Lively Bit of the FrontPercy F. Westerman
U-boat
Word Origin for U-boat
from German U-Boot, abbreviation for Unterseeboot, literally: undersea boat
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U-boats
Note
Lusitania was sunk by a U-boat. Eventually, U-boat attacks on neutral ships drew the United States into the war.
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