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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...