U-Boats

The wreck of German submarine U-166 sits in the Gulf of Mexico south of the Mississippi. Photo courtesy of Tampa Bay Times.

The wreck of German submarine U-166 sits in the Gulf of Mexico south of the Mississippi. Photo courtesy of Tampa Bay Times.

Lurking beneath the water: German U-Boats roamed the Gulf during WWII

BY MURRAY MONTGOMERY I was 21 years old when I went to work for the Dow Chemical Company at Freeport, Texas – that was in 1964 and Dow was highly sought after, for employment, because they paid a decent wage. When I started there, my income doubled.