U-505 is a German Type IXC submarine built for Germany's Kriegsmarine during World War II. She was captured by the United States Navy on 4 June 1944 and survives as a museum ship …

Experience the only German sub in the U.S. in this dramatic exhibit and national war memorial to American sailors.

Jun 12, 2024 · U-505 was a Type IXC U-boat that operated under the Kriegsmarine during the Second World War. Commissioned in August 1941, under the command of Kapitänleutnant …

World War II ended for the 58 survivors aboard German submarine U-505 on June 4, 1944, about 150 miles from Rio de Oro, Western Sahara.

Under fire by depth charges from Chatelain and two Grumann F4F "Wildcat" aircraft, the submarine surfaced and immediately came under attack prompting the submarine to …

Nov 29, 2025 · Now, eight decades later, the vessel — the only intact German submarine that was captured by US forces during World War II and salvaged — is open to the public at the …

Jun 15, 2024 · The U-505 submarine was a German U-boat that was captured during WWII and brought back to America. You can still see it to this day. Here's the story.

The boat saved the commander and 33 survivors from the German torpedo boat T-25 (KKpt von Gartzen), sunk the day before by British cruisers in the Bay of Biscay.

Jun 17, 2019 · Despite sinking eight Allied ships early in the war, the German WW II U-boat suffered repeated damage while on a number of patrols and was further marred by the suicide …

But on June 4, 1944, the U.S. Navy successfully captured U-505, a German Type IX-C submarine. The concept of capturing a German submarine was hatched after a Navy hunter …