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5 Final journey. 6 Museum ship. 7 In ... U-505 is a German Type IXC submarine built ... U-505 at the Griffin Museum of Science and Industry in Chicago, Illinois. The ...
The U-505 had a displacement of over 1,100 tons and measured about 250 feet long. Propelled by two saltwater-cooled diesel engines, the U-boat had a range of nearly 17,000 miles, allowing it to ...
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.
Among the museum's most notable exhibits are a full-size replica coal mine, German submarine U-505 submarine captured during World War II, a United Airlines Boeing 727, the Pioneer Zephyr (the first streamlined diesel-powered passenger train in the US); the command module of the Apollo 8 spacecraft, and a 3,500-square-foot (330 m 2) model ...
U-505: Museum of Science and Industry, Chicago: Illinois: Nazi Germany: Type IXC: 1941 ... U. S. Navy Submarine Force Museum Archived 2008-09-23 at the Wayback Machine;
Imperial Japanese Navy (U-511 as Ro-500, U-1224 as Ro-501, U-181 as I-501, U-862 as I-502, and U-195 as I-506) Soviet Navy (post war; U-1231 as B-26) French Navy (post war; U-123 as Blaison and U-510 as Bouan) Royal Canadian Navy (surrendered and seized; U-889 and U-190) Preceded by: Type I: Succeeded by: Type X (minelayer) Type XXI (oceanic ...
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.
The German submarine U-505 was captured during World War II, allowing the Allies to capture its code books and the German Enigma code machine. Slated for sinking after the war for gunnery practice, the sub was instead donated to Chicago's Museum of Science and Industry.