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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.
U-505: Museum of Science and Industry, Chicago: Illinois: ... The Rahmi M Koç Museum; U. S. Navy Submarine Force Museum Archived 2008-09-23 at the Wayback Machine;
For its first 50 years at the museum, U-505 was displayed outdoors. Starting in 2004, the U-boat was newly restored and moved into its current indoor exhibit, which opened as The New U-505 Experience on June 5, 2005. The submarine itself is located in a large concrete bunker at the end of the multi-floor exhibit alongside various artifacts ...
The following is a list of museum ships of the United States military, ... U-505: United States Illinois: Chicago: Nazi Germany: 1941 Type IXC: Submarine:
at the Baltimore Maritime Museum: 112: USS Texas: Texas 8 December 1976: 113: Ticonderoga (side-paddle-wheel lakeboat) Vermont 29 January 1964: at the Shelburne Museum: 114: USS Torsk: Maryland 14 January 1986: at the Baltimore Maritime Museum: 115: German submarine U-505: Illinois 29 June 1989: Museum of Science and Industry in Chicago: 116 ...
Museum of Science and Industry (Chicago). The Story of the U-505. Chicago: Museum of Science and Industry, 1973. OCLC 9240361; Savas, Theodore P. Hunt and Kill: U-505 and the U-Boat War in the Atlantic. New York: Savas Beatie, 2004. ISBN 1-932714-01-4 OCLC 56403008; Wise, James E. U-505: The Final Journey. Annapolis, Maryland: Naval Institute ...
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Two U-boats that survived Operation Deadlight are today museum ships. U-505 was earmarked for scuttling, but American Rear Admiral Daniel V. Gallery argued successfully that she did not fall under Operation Deadlight. United States Navy Task Group 22.3, under then-Captain Gallery, had captured U-505 in battle on 4 June 1944.