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  2. German submarine U-505 - Wikipedia

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    History; Nazi Germany; Name: U-505: Ordered: 25 September 1939: Builder: ... U-505 is a German Type IXC submarine built for Germany's Kriegsmarine during World War II.

  3. Zenon B. Lukosius - Wikipedia

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    Zenon B. Lukosius (August 24, 1918 – August 12, 2006) was an American World War II veteran who was a member of the U.S. Navy crew that captured the German submarine U-505, in 1944. This was the first time that the US Navy had captured an enemy ship since the nineteenth century.

  4. Peter Zschech - Wikipedia

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    Peter Zschech (1 October 1918 – 24 October 1943) was the second commander of the German submarine U-505.He earned notoriety as the first commanding officer to commit suicide while in active command of a naval vessel, [disputed – discuss] as well as the only submariner to ever do so while underwater.

  5. USS Guadalcanal (CVE-60) - Wikipedia

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    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.

  6. Category:Captured U-boats - Wikipedia

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    U. German submarine U-3 (1935) German submarine U-110 (1940) German submarine U-219; German submarine U-505; German submarine U-510; German submarine U-530; German submarine U-559; German submarine U-766; German submarine U-862; German submarine U-977; German submarine U-1024; German submarine U-1105; German submarine U-1230; German submarine U ...

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  8. Daniel V. Gallery - Wikipedia

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    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.

  9. USS Chatelain - Wikipedia

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    A second attack by Chatelain, this time with depth charges, holed U-505 ' s outer hull and forced her to surface, her crew jumping overboard as she broke water. Now the task group seized its chance to carry out the boarding operation it had been planning for months, for the first capture by Americans of an intact German submarine.