• Thumbnail for German submarine U-505
    U-505 is a German Type IXC submarine built for Germany's Kriegsmarine during World War II. She was captured by the U.S. Navy on 4 June 1944. In her uniquely...
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  • from U-110 in the North Atlantic in May 1941, seven months before the United States entered the war and three years before the US Navy captured U-505 and...
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    the museum's exhibits are a full-size replica coal mine, German submarine U-505 captured during World War II, a 3,500-square-foot (330 m2) model railroad...
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    Task Group 22.3, a hunter-killer group which captured the German submarine U-505 in 1944. Guadalcanal was built using a converted United States Maritime...
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  • Peter Zschech (category U-boat commanders (Kriegsmarine))
    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...
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  • Thumbnail for Daniel V. Gallery
    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...
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  • Thumbnail for Aeroflot Flight U-505
    Aeroflot Flight U-505 crashed just after takeoff in Tashkent on 13 April 1987. Flight 505 was an early morning flight from Tashkent to Shahrisabz, both...
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    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...
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  • Thumbnail for German submarine U-534
    command. U-534 is one of only four German World War II submarines in preserved condition remaining in the world, the others being the IXC boat U-505 in Chicago's...
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