Two World War II shipwrecks lie two miles apart in the Gulf of Mexico . The Nautilus is operated by the Ocean Exploration Trust , a research group founded in 2008 for the purpose of carrying out `` pure ocean exploration , '' according to the group 's website . One is a German U-boat that sank an American steamer . Nazis sank about 50 American ships in the Gulf during the war . The other wreck was sunk by Japanese planes, and it's still there today.
Two World War II shipwrecks lie two miles apart in the Gulf of Mexico . One is a German U-boat that sank an American steamer . Nazis sank about 50 American ships in the Gulf during the war . The other wreck was sunk by Japanese planes, and it's still there today.