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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 .
Due to its size, the exhibit's concrete housing was erected around the U-505, surrounded by external exhibits that relayed the history of the submarine and the Battle of the Atlantic, whose toll ...
U-173 - Sunk 16 November 1942; U-174 - Sunk by aircraft 27 April 1943; U-175 - Sunk 17 April 1943; U-176 - Sunk by Cuban Navy, 15 May 1943; U-501 - Sunk by escorts, 10 September 1941; U-502 - Sunk by aircraft 6 July 1942; U-503 - Sunk 15 March 1942; U-504 - Sunk 30 July 1943; U-505 - Captured by US Navy, 4 June 1944. Preserved in museum
The German Type IXB submarine was a sub-class of the German Type IX submarine built for Nazi Germany's Kriegsmarine between 1938 and 1940. The U-boats themselves were designed to be fairly large ocean-going submarines. The inspiration for the Type IXB submarine came from the earlier original Type IX submarine, the Type IXA submarine. The design ...
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. After the war, Gallery was a prolific author of ...
The captured submarine proved to be of inestimable value to American intelligence. For the remainder of the war she was operated by the U.S. Navy as the USS Nemo to learn the secrets of German U-boats. Her true fate was kept secret until the end of the war. U-505 is now an exhibit at the Museum of Science and Industry in Chicago.
Examples produced for German use included a manual safety, which was absent from the Hungarian-issue version. Designated Pistole 37(u) in German service. [7] FN Model 1910: Fabrique Nationale de Herstal: 7.65×17mm Browning: Wehrmacht Luftwaffe: The FN M1910 was produced under the German occupation. Designated "Pistole 621" in German service ...
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.