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Jun 25, 2024 · On 4 June 1944, a U.S. Navy hunter-killer group organized around USS Guadalcanal captured the German Type IXC submarine U-505. This was the first time that the U.S. Navy had captured an...
- Documents Captured on U-505
On 4 June 1944, a hunter-killer group of the US Navy...
- Captain Daniel V. Gallery, USN
Adapted from: Daniel V. Gallery interview, recorded 26 May...
- Pillsbury (De-133)
Pillsbury lowered a boarding party and, in a drama...
- Guadalcanal I
Caption: 80-G-49172: Capture of German Submarine U-505, June...
- Lt Albert Leroy David
David, Albert Leroy, Lieutenant, Junior Grade, USN. Born 18...
- David, Albert L
Albert Leroy David was born on 18 July 1902 in Maryville,...
- German U-Boat Casualties in World War Two
Date U-Boat Last Commander Cause of Sinking Position 1939 14...
- U-505 Artifacts
On 4 June 1944, Task Group 22.3. operating in the Atlantic...
- Documents Captured on U-505
U-505 is a German Type IXC submarine built for Germany's Kriegsmarine during World War II. It was captured by the United States Navy on 4 June 1944 and survives as a museum ship in Chicago.
Jun 12, 2024 · The capture of U-505 by the US Navy was one of the most secretive events of the Second World War. While on patrol off the coast of Africa, she was spotted by American vessels, who subsequently launched an attack and claimed the enemy U-boat as their own.
On June 4, 1944, U.S. naval forces seize one of Adolf Hitler ’s deadly submarines, the U-505, as it makes its way home after patrolling the Gold Coast of Africa The German submarine was the...
The German submarine U-505 was the first enemy warship captured on the high seas by the U.S. Navy since the War of 1812. This article appears in: September 2006. by David Alan Johnson. “Frenchy to Blue Jay—I have a possible sound contact,” squawked from USS Guadalcanal’s bridge intercom at 1110 hours.
Apr 4, 2019 · U.S. Navy salvage team removes the damaged torpedo from its stowage position on U-505's deck, 9 June 1944 (80-G-324362).
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Jun 4, 2024 · On June 4, 1944, the U.S. Navy successfully captured U-505, a German Type IX-C submarine. (U.S. Navy photo) Several American sailors climbed aboard the German submarine U-505, focused on...