The U-505 was captured by a task group, commanded by Rear Adm. Daniel G. Gallery, off the coast of French West Africa in 1944. Bringing the U-boat to land was a major engineering feat, planned and ...
the U-505 was one of the German navy's Type IX-class submarines, a long-range attack boat developed with longer dive times and agility compared to its predecessors. Given the Kriegsmarine's ...
He did attend the installation of UBoat 505's installation at the Museum in Chicago. Until then, we girls didn't have a clue about his role in WWII. I would love to hear from some of his shipmates if ...
On June 4 1944 Captain Daniel Gallery and his men of the US Naval Task Force 223 did the nearly impossible they captured a German Uboat It was the first enemy vesselofwar captured in battle on the ...
a US Navy task group hunted a Nazi U-boat in a top-secret operation that was only made public after the war ended, marking the first time the service captured an enemy vessel since 1812. The U-505 ...