The Hunt for Eagle 56

The sinking of the U.S. Navy warship Eagle 56 off the New England coast in April 1945 has long been a mystery. The Navy’s official report concluded it was a mechanical failure, while others pointed to a startling killer: a Nazi U-boat hunting within sight of American shores. For the last four years, a team of civilian investigators has been trying to solve this 75-year-old whodunit. Now, aided by another amateur sleuth, they’ve found evidence that could finally solve this cold case and rewrite history.

After four years of searching for the elusive Eagle 56, a group of civilian investigators known as the Nomad Exploration Team has found the bow of a U.S. Navy ship on the rocky floor of the Atlantic. Could it actually be a part of the famous WWII warship that sank just weeks before the Nazis surrendered? Join the team as they search for the rest of the wreckage and seek to finally answer the 75-year-old question of why it exploded.

April 1945. An explosion rips apart the American warship Eagle 56 days before the end of WWII in Europe and thousands of miles from enemy lines. Now, after decades of exhaustive searches, most of the wreckage has been found, except for one critical piece: the ship’s boilers, which are key to unlocking the real reason for the blast. Follow a team of civilian investigators as they chase down every lead—off the coast of Maine and in the heart of Germany—to find the last clue that will finally help solve this 75-year-old mystery.