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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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The U-boat's captain, five officers, and fifty-three of her crew were rescued, taken prisoner, then held incommunicado to keep the boat's capture secret. U-505 was towed 2,500 miles to Bermuda and revealed some of the German Navy's most guarded secrets. The U-505 is now permanently displayed at the Chicago Museum of Science and Industry. [2] [3]
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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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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.