How U.S. Navy destroyers fought German WWI U-boats

How U.S. Navy destroyers fought German WWI U-boats

In World War I, writes Chicoan and naval historian David Bruhn, “German U-boats sank over 5,200 vessels and came dangerously close to choking off Britain’s critical supply of food in the spring of 1917, which could have led to the collapse of the British war effort but for the entrance of the United States into the conflict.” Once that happened, writes Bruhn, “it quickly became apparent that destroyers and other anti-submarine vessels were the k…