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The museum already planned to display a submarine, and the acquisition of U-505 seemed ideal. [23] The US government donated the submarine to the museum in September 1954, and Chicago residents raised $250,000 for transporting and installing the boat.
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at the Baltimore Maritime Museum: 115: German submarine U-505: Illinois 29 June 1989: Museum of Science and Industry in Chicago: 116: Victory Chimes: Maine 25 September 1997: 117: Virginia V (steamboat) Washington 5 October 1992: 118: W.P. Snyder Jr. Ohio 29 June 1989: 119: W.T. Preston (snagboat) Washington 5 May 1989: 120: William B. Tennison
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.
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Zenon B. Lukosius (August 24, 1918 – August 12, 2006) was an American World War II veteran who was a member of the U.S. Navy crew that captured the German submarine U-505, in 1944. This was the first time that the US Navy had captured an enemy ship since the nineteenth century.
USS Frost (DE-144) sank 5 German U-boats and awarded Presidential Unit Citation, 7 battle stars. USS Chatelain (DE-149) was in TG 22.3 with Pope and Pillsbury and participated in the capture of U-505. USS Stewart (DE-238) – the sole surviving example of the Edsall-class; a museum ship in Galveston, Texas.