Search results
Results From The WOW.Com Content Network
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]
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.
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.
Pillsbury lowered a boat and sent a party of nine men, led by David, to board the U-boat, soon identified as U-505, which was still underway and running in a circle on the surface. Although he "had every reason to believe" that Germans were still below decks setting demolition charges and scuttling the ship, David led Pillsbury ' s men on board ...
Helicopters from Guadalcanal attacked the ship; troops from Guadalcanal boarded and captured the ship. ( Iran Ajr was the second enemy warship captured on the high seas by the U.S. Navy since 1815; the first was the German submarine U-505 , captured in 1944 by the first USS Guadalcanal , an escort carrier.)
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 ...
Discover the latest breaking news in the U.S. and around the world — politics, weather, entertainment, lifestyle, finance, sports and much more.
The first of three German U-boats sunk during the battle for Torpedo Alley was U-85, sunk at midnight on April 13, 1942. While operating within sight of Bodie Island Lighthouse, the destroyer USS Roper detected the surfaced U-85 on radar at a range of 2,700 yards. As the German submarine attempted to head south, the Roper closed to 700 yards.