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U-505 is a German Type IXC submarine built for Germany's Kriegsmarine during World War II. It was captured by the United States Navy on 4 June 1944 and survives as a museum ship in Chicago .
Several Type IXD/42 U-boats were contracted to be built by DeSchiMAG AG Weser of Bremen, but only two were commissioned. They were: U-883 was launched on 28 April 1944 and commissioned 27 March 1945. Her career ended in Operation Deadlight. U-884 was launched on 17 May 1944 but was badly damaged on 30 March 1945 by US bombs while still in the ...
Daniel Vincent Gallery (July 10, 1901 – January 16, 1977) was a rear admiral in the United States Navy.He saw extensive action during World War II, fighting U-boats during the Battle of the Atlantic, where his most notable achievement was the June 4, 1944 capture of the German submarine U-505.
Peter Zschech (1 October 1918 – 24 October 1943) was the second commander of the German submarine U-505.He earned notoriety as the first commanding officer to commit suicide while in active command of a naval vessel, [disputed – discuss] as well as the only submariner to ever do so while underwater.
On June 4, 1944, the capture of U-505 again brought up-to-date key material: short signal booklet, identification group booklet and, above all, the so-called address book procedure. [22] This was the urgently sought secret procedure for overcoding the U-boat locations. The yield of secret material from U-505 equaled that of U–110 and U–559 ...
U. German submarine U-3 (1935) German submarine U-110 (1940) German submarine U-219; German submarine U-505; German submarine U-510; German submarine U-530; German submarine U-559; German submarine U-766; German submarine U-862; German submarine U-977; German submarine U-1024; German submarine U-1105; German submarine U-1230; German submarine U ...
Similar to the Gewehr 43 rifle but the difference is the rifle uses a 30 round StG-44's magazine. - Knorr-Bremse Paratrooper Rifle Knorr-Bremse: 7.92x57mm Mauser - A prototype automatic rifle designed in 1941-1942 to complete against the FG-42 rifle, the rate of fire of this rifle is about 500 to 550. Grossfuss Sturmgewehr
German submarine U-505 is one of just six German submarines captured by the Allies during World War II, [15] and, since its arrival in 1954, the only one on display in the Western Hemisphere. The U-505 exhibit was dedicated as a permanent war memorial by the museum in 1954, and the submarine was designated a National Historic Landmark in 1989.