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Designated NHL. 1989 [4] 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. In her unlucky career, it had the distinction of being the "most heavily damaged U-boat to successfully return to port" in World ...
Guadalcanal. (CVE-60) Ship's Crew: 860 officers and men. USS Guadalcanal (CVE-60) was a Casablanca -class escort carrier of the United States Navy, which served during and after World War II. She was the first ship to carry her name. She was the flagship of Task Group 22.3, a hunter-killer group which captured the German submarine U-505 in 1944.
1 × triple 21 in (533 mm) torpedo tubes. 8 × depth charge projectors. 1 × depth charge projector (hedgehog) 2 × depth charge tracks. USS Pillsbury (DE-133) was an Edsall -class destroyer escort in service with the United States Navy from 1943 to 1947. She served again as a radar picket ship from 1955 to 1960 and was sold for scrapping in 1966.
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. After the war, Gallery was a prolific author of ...
U-505. Awards. Iron Cross, 1st class. 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.
Type VIIC/41 U-boat. List of U-boat types contains lists of the German U-boat types (submarine classes) used in World War I and World War II.. The anglicized word U-boat is usually only used as reference for German submarines in the two World Wars and therefore postwar submarine in the Bundesmarine and later German Navy are not included.
German submarine U-534 is a Type IXC/40 U-boat of Nazi Germany 's Kriegsmarine built for service during World War II. She was built in 1942 in Hamburg-Finkenwerder by Deutsche Werft AG as yard number 352. She was launched on 23 September 1942 and commissioned on 23 December with Oberleutnant zur See Herbert Nollau in command.
German submarine U-50 was a Type VIIB U-boat of Nazi Germany 's Kriegsmarine during World War II. Ordered on 21 November 1936, she was laid down as yard number 585 at the yards of Friedrich Krupp Germaniawerft AG in Kiel on 3 November 1938. She was launched on 1 November 1939 and commissioned on 12 December 1939 by Kapitänleutnant (Kptlt.)