Germany's U-505 submarine was the 1st warship captured by the US Navy in over a century and top secret during World War II.
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. Tough Engineering Feat Bringing the U-boat to land was a major ...
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 ...