(U.S. Coast Guard) After the Japanese aircraft carrier raid on Pearl Harbor on Dec. 7, 1941, followed by Germany’s and Italy’s declarations of war on the United States ... sinking a German U-boat.

The 35-foot vessel was taking on water when someone aboard it issued a mayday shortly before 8 a.m. Sunday, according to USCG ...

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