Winneconne
- Type:
- shipwreck, freighter, USA
- Name:
- Named for a town in eastern Wisconsin?
- Built:
- 1907, England, as Hogland
- Specs:
- ( 271 x 39 ft ) 1869 gross tons
- Sunk:
- Sunday June 2, 1918
bombed by U-151 - no casualties - Depth:
- 220 ft
Black Sunday, Deep Sea Dive Sites, Dive Sites, Freighters, World War I,
The U-151 was the first German U-boat to operate in U.S. territory in World War I. The U-151 is not actually sunk in these waters ( it was sunk deep off Virginia after the war, ) but it did "contribute" the following six shipwrecks, all on the same day, Sunday, June 2, 1918:
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