UC-97 became probably the only German submarine sunk within the continental United States. One of five U-boats turned over to the U.S. Navy for post-war study, she toured the Great Lakes as part ...

It was handed to Major John Clement, officer in charge of a party from Force 135, sent on 17th May 1945 to remove the German garrison of 270 men on Sark. The Occupation had begun on 3rd July 1940.