Haunting of German Submarine U-65 By James Donahue The following
is a ghost story that probably is not true because the
information strays too far from the true record of U-65. But it
is a find story of a haunting and we offer it as a special
Halloween read. The Germans developed a powerful navy of
submarines remembered as U-Boats during World War I that were
extremely effective in blockading British ports and stopping the
flow of vital supplies and manpower from the United States to
assist in the Allied war effort. While the early submarines were
dangerous places to work, and most men who served on them died
at sea, it was said the sailors who served on one particular
vessel, U-65, were more terrified of the ghost that haunted
their ship than they were of confronting enemy forces at sea.
U-65’s keel was laid at the naval dockyard at Wilhelmshaven in
June, 1916. She was one of a class of 24 submarines especially
designed to operate out of the ports of occupied Belgium. It was
during construction that bad fort