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In 86 days, she traveled to the west coast of Africa, where she sank her first vessels. In less than one month, U-505 sank four ships: British Benmohr, Norwegian Sydhav, American West Irmo, and Dutch Alphacca for a total of 25,041 GRT. On 18 April, U-505 was attacked by an Allied aircraft in the mid-Atlantic, but suffered little damage. [8]
Los Angeles class: 1976: Sail (Under construction) ... U-505: Museum of Science and Industry, ... U. S. Navy Submarine Force Museum Archived 2008-09-23 at the Wayback ...
Daniel Vincent Gallery (July 10, 1901 – January 16, 1977) was a rear admiral in the United States Navy.He saw extensive action during World War II, 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.
German submarine U-505: Illinois 29 June 1989: Museum of Science and Industry in Chicago: 116: Victory Chimes: Maine 25 September 1997: 117: Virginia V (steamboat) Washington 5 October 1992: 118: W.P. Snyder Jr. Ohio 29 June 1989: 119: W.T. Preston (snagboat) Washington 5 May 1989: 120: William B. Tennison: Maryland 19 April 1994: 121
U-505 is now an exhibit at the Museum of Science and Industry in Chicago. Arriving in Norfolk on 22 June 1944, Guadalcanal spent only a short time in port before setting out again on patrol. She departed Norfolk on 15 July and from then until 1 December, she made three anti-submarine cruises in the Western Atlantic.
A view of the U.S. Navy Museum as seen from Willard Park. Periscopes from the submarine exhibit are visible to the left. The National Museum of the United States Navy and the associated Cold War Gallery are open to the public. Both facilities closed in response to the COVID-19 pandemic on March 14, 2020, and reopened on June 1, 2021. Because ...
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The ship has many notable exhibits in the No.3 cargo hold, which was converted to a museum exhibit area and receptionist desk. [10] It includes an original submarine propeller from the German submarine U-352 , sunk in May 1942, by the U.S. Coast Guard cutter USCGC Icarus , and recovered in 1979.