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A U.S. Navy boarding party working to secure a tow line to the bow of the captured German submarine U 505, 4 June 1944 (80 G 49172)
A U.S. Navy boarding party working to secure a tow line to the bow of the captured German submarine U 505, 4 June 1944 (80 G 49172)

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 unlucky career with the Kriegsmarine, she had the distinction of being the "most heavily damaged U-boat to successfully return to port" in World War II on her fourth patrol, and the only submarine in which a commanding officer killed himself in combat conditions on her tenth patrol, following six botched patrols. She was captured on 4 June 1944 by United States Navy Task Group 22.3 (TG 22.3), one of six U-boats that were captured at sea by Allied forces during World War II. All but one of U-505's crew were rescued by the Navy task group. The submarine was towed to Bermuda in secret and her crew was interned at a US prisoner of war camp, where they were kept in isolation. The Navy classified the capture as top secret and went to great lengths to prevent the Germans from discovering it. In 1954, U-505 was donated to the Museum of Science and Industry in Chicago, Illinois. She is now one of four German World War II U-boats that survive as museum ships, and just one of two Type IXCs still in existence with U-534.

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A U.S. Navy boarding party working to secure a tow line to the bow of the captured German submarine U 505, 4 June 1944 (80 G 49172)
A U.S. Navy boarding party working to secure a tow line to the bow of the captured German submarine U 505, 4 June 1944 (80 G 49172)
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