On April 23, 1945, the U.S. Navy warship USS Eagle 56 exploded off the coast of Portland, Maine due to a malfunction of the ship's boilers...or so the official report said. For decades, questions and confusion about the tragedy have plagued its survivors and their families. Some believe the sinking was actually the result of an attack by a rogue German U-boat. A civilian-led dive expedition attempts to discover the lost wreckage and find out what really happened, uncovering fresh clues, startling eyewitness accounts, and a possible cover-up.
Show Info
Network: Smithsonian Channel
(2019 -
2019)
Schedule: Sundays at 21:00
(60 min)
Status: Ended
Show Type:
Documentary
Genres:
WarHistory
Official site: www.smithsonianchannel.com
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Previous Episode
History Rewritten
Episode 1x03; Oct 6, 2019
After four years and countless dead ends, a team of civilian investigators has found pieces of the sunken Eagle 56, the Holy Grail of New England shipwrecks. They want to reveal their discoveries to both the Navy and the families of the warship's cre…
Previous Episodes
Episode Name | Airdate | Trailer |
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1x03: History Rewritten | Oct 6, 2019 | |
1x02: The Mystery Deepens | Sep 29, 2019 | |
1x01: Lost to History | Sep 22, 2019 |