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Adolf Hitler’s U-505 submarine, notorious for its ill fortune, was seized by the U.S. Navy on June 4, 1944. This marked the first time an enemy warship had been captured on the high seas by the U.S. since the War of 1812.
Despite initially sinking eight Allied ships, the German U-boat encountered multiple damages and was plagued by tragedy, including the suicide of its second commanding officer.
Allied intelligence had been tracking the submarine through radio waves. It was discovered 150 miles off the coast of Rio De Oro, Africa, during a sonar sweep conducted by a “hunter-killer” task group led by U.S. Navy Capt. Daniel V. Gallery. The task group consisted of several ships, including the USS Chatelain, USS Guadalcanal, USS Flaherty, USS Jenks, USS Pillsbury, and USS Pope.
After rescuing the surrendered German survivors (with only one casualty), Lieutenant (junior grade) Albert L. David and a team of nine men boarded the U-505. They successfully salvaged the submarine and recovered valuable code books and papers used by the Allies for code-breaking purposes.
David was posthumously awarded the Medal of Honor for his heroic actions. The 58 captured Germans were considered prisoners of war and sent to a POW camp in Ruston, Louisiana, while the U-505 was towed 2,500 nautical miles to Bermuda.
The top-secret capture of the submarine was not disclosed until after Germany’s surrender on May 7, 1945. Subsequently, the U-505 became part of a military fundraising tour. On September 25, 1954, it was designated as a war memorial, and in 1989, it received recognition as a National Historic Landmark.
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Don't tolerate artificial intelligence especially when they do such a lousy job
Where is it now?
video slightly fragmented on incident, is this part of the two submarines going to Japan with plans and parts for the ME 262? There were two Japanese on board who committed suicide so they wouldn't be captured. Why the posthumous MOH.
Was that where they captured the Enigma machine from?
it's in Chicago at the museum of science and industry
I read Adm Dan Gallery's book about the capture, and also visited U505 in Chicago. I could have sworn it was in the North Atlantic, not off of Africa. Can anyone confirm that? I don't think I have the book anymore.
Actually Allied Intelligence agencies were livid at these cowboy's. They already had the Nazi Codes. Were afraid Germans could find out then change codes.
Was this the USS Nemo?
Downvote for crappy narration.
My wife’s grandfather was one of the Kriegsmarine who assisted in the 505’s restoration.
Is the movie u 571 based off this
it's not a warship, it's a boat
Could you imagine a bunch of young sailors keeping this secret for a year TODAY!
The sailors just might but some self-serving politician would sure as Hell blab about it, so that he could look important
The reason it was kept top secret that they got the boat was because the documents inside were the cypher keys to the enigma codes Germany was using. Without those keys being kept secret the war could have gone on for another two years and possibly allowed the Germans to win.
So much more to this. It was a small group of guys that went into a boat rigged to explode. Unarmed the charges and came up with pulling it with the U.S ship to get the motors running to run the pumps. So badass.
The Fat Electrician does a much better job telling the story.
9 May 1941 U-110 was captured by the Royal Navy. They obtained code books and Enigma coding machine. The secret was so tight that President Roosevelt not told of the capture until January 1942.
I have a picture of it going under Train Bridge over Cape Cod Canal manned by our Navy
IF you cannot use proper word for terminology dont bother producing the item.
I’ve been on that ship many times
Seized, not ceased.
And those code books could of warned the Germans that the British had broken the German code. The instruction was NOT to capture code books, just sink the sub but Yanks……..
No wonder US submarines are well designed..
It's not Five Hundred Five…..its Five Oooh Five…Duuuh inexperienced Narrator !
Lose the robot voice. It’s awful and distracting. I prefer humans.
The U 505 sits in weather protected facility exactly 68 miles due north of me. I am 66 years old and have taken the tour dozens of times. There remains, what is now, a vintage era WWII film at the museum that tells the story of the sub's capture. Not to be petty, but in my lifetime it has never been referred to as the "five hundred five". It is, and always will be to those who know, as the "U 5 OH 5"
I've toured the U505 several times as a kid and adult. It's cramped and primitive inside when compared to the US Navy's big fleet submarines used during WW2. The US Gato class subs had AC, refrigeration for food, fresh water distillation, clothes washers and dryers plus a bunk for each crew member.
IT SITTING AT THE MUSEUM OF SCIENCE AND INDUSTRY