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Brielle

Brielle was formed as a borough by an act of the New Jersey Legislature on April 10, 1919, from portions of Wall Township, based on the results of a referendum passed on June 3, 1919. The borough was named for Brielle, a town in the Netherlands.

Source: Snyder, John P. The Story of New Jersey's Civil Boundaries: 1606-1968, Bureau of Geology and Topography; Trenton, New Jersey; 1969. p. 178.

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Three images of U-869. U-534 at Birkenhead Docks, Merseyside, England. Photo by Paul Adams, Public domain. U-534 is of the same type of submarine as U-869. Sonar side-scan of sunken U-869. Photo by Richie Kohler. Used by permission, johnchatterton.com. Sketch of sunken U-869 by Dan Crowell. Used by permission, johnchatterton.com.
February 11, 1945

The Tragic Mystery of U-869, a.k.a. “U-Who?”

Editor’s note: On February 11, 1945, two U.S. destroyer escorts, the USS Howard D. Crow and USS Koiner, attacked what they believed to be a German submarine off the coast of New Jersey.  The two ships were accompanying a convoy
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