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On June 4, 1944, the US Navy captured its first German submarine. Now it's displayed at Chicago's Griffin Museum of Science ...
Visitors can walk through the U-505's control room and bunks that held space for its crew of 59 men.
The Griffin Museum of Science and Industry recently unveiled a new interactive exhibit, “Beyond the Surface: The Art of X-rays,” by photographer Andrei Duman, allowing museum guests to examine the ...
Once a feared weapon of Nazi Germany, U-505 became a turning point in the Battle of the Atlantic when it was captured by U.S. forces in 1944. Following a fierce battle and a failed scuttling ...
"Phantom Fleet" is a meticulously researched account of the daring 1944 U.S. Navy mission to capture Nazi submarine U-505, blending high-stakes naval drama with the pivotal intelligence breakthrough t ...
The submarine U-505, pictured from an American Airline plane, sits in the dry dock of the American Shipbuilding Company at 101st Street and the Calumet River, where it will be placed on a barge ...
The U-505 submarine has been on display at the Museum of Science and Industry. The veterans who captured the 252-foot vessel have been meeting for years at the museum, but museum officials say the ...