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Only 1 Nuclear-Powered Submarine Has Sunk an Enemy Vessel (Not America)
Summary and Key Points You Need to Know: During WWII, submarines were highly effective, with German U-boats sinking 14 million tons of shipping and U.S. Navy subs sinking 1,314 enemy warships in the Pacific. Since then, only two wartime submarine sinkings …