Sinking of German Submarine U-603
As the second U-boat stealthily maneuvered to attack Block Island, Bronstein made sonar contact on her and immediately began dropping depth charges. After only an hour's work, the warship's crew received the reward of a tremendous explosion that could only have been the end of the submarine, later identified as U-603. The hunter-killer group put into Casablanca on 8 March for voyage repairs and refueling.
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