The "Red Devil" boat captained by Erich Topp, third-highest U-boat ace, under whose command the U-boat sank 26 merchantmen totaling 141,058 tons. Also sank the first American warship lost in the war, ...

The United States was a month shy of officially entering World War 2. Still, a showdown was brewing in the churning, unforgiving waters of the Atlantic. The daring U-boat commander, Erich Topp, had ...