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One special Hunter-Killer Task Group even managed to capture a submarine—the U-505. The U-505 was launched on May 24, 1941, and completed 12 patrols before it was eventually captured.
This story was originally published in the Chicago Tribune on Aug. 14, 1954: At the end of a 3,000 mile trip from the Atlantic ocean, the U-505, captured nazi submarine, was hauled ashore last ...
Once a feared weapon of Nazi Germany, U-505 became a turning point in the ... the covert effort to hide the event from Germany, and the submarine’s transformation from war trophy to museum ...
Serving as an attack submarine, the U-505 had six 21-inch torpedo tubes — four in the bow and two in the stern — with storage to carry up to 22 torpedos at a time. The U-boat's surface ...
Several American sailors climbed aboard the German submarine U-505, focused on saving it from sinking into the depths of the Atlantic Ocean. They did not know if the Nazi submariners who dove ...
On June 4, 1944, the U-505 German submarine was captured off the coast of West Africa in a dangerous mission by the U.S. Navy. In a top secret move, the U-505 was towed to Bermuda and its crew ...
After the war, in 1954, Mr. Donoghue was a young engineer who was part of a team moving a captured Nazi U-505 submarine from Lake Michigan to the Museum of Science and Industry without tearing up ...
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When two of the Guadalcanal's F4F Wildcat aircraft spotted a U-505 off the coast of Cape Verde, Gallery knew he had his chance. Not only did he have boarding parties ready, he had a film crew ...
It mostly sailed on the surface at night and dove when spotted or when sneaking up on ships to torpedo. Serving as an attack submarine, the U-505 had six 21-inch torpedo tubes — four in the bow and ...