Battle of Point Judith

Battle of Point Judith
Part of World War II and Battle of the Atlantic
Sailors aboard USS Moberly firing on U-853.
Date May 5–6, 1945 Location off Point Judith, Rhode Island 41°21′00″N 71°28′01″W / 41.350°N 71.467°W / 41.350; -71.467 Result United States victory
Belligerents
United States	Germany
Strength
Sea • Destroyer Ericsson • 2 Destroyer escorts USS Amick USS Atherton • Frigate Moberly • SS Black Point Air 2 blimps	Submarine U-853
Casualties and losses
12 killed Black Point sunk	55 killed U-853 sunk

The Battle of Point Judith is the popular name for a naval engagement fought between the United States and Nazi Germany during World War II on May 5 and 6, 1945 - with Germany on the verge of total defeat and surrender, and Hitler having already died by suicide. American surface combatants and two blimps sank a German U-boat off Point Judith, Rhode Island in one of the last actions of the Battle of the Atlantic. The SS Black Point a 368-foot, 7,500-ton coal ship, was sunk at the start of the Battle.^[1]