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. See photos of the inside.

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 ...

US soldiers stand on the bow of the captured German submarine U-505 in June 1944. Public Domain On June 4, 1944, the US Navy captured a Nazi U-505 submarine. It was not only the first and only ...

The German submarine U-505 lies near the escort carrier USS Guadalcanal on June 4, 1944, after U.S. Navy salvage parties stopped her from sinking and rigged a tow line.

The U-505 submarine served 12 patrols and sank eight enemy boats before the US Navy captured it. The U-boat is now on display at Chicago's Griffin Museum of Science and Industry. Visitors can walk ...

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 ...

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 ...

In this rousing account, historian Rose (The Lion and the Fox) recaps the Battle of the Atlantic with a focus on the USS Guadalcanal ’s June 1944 capture of German submarine U-505.

Generations of Region residents have gone on field trips to and regularly visited the Museum of Science and Industry to see the U-505 submarine, the Pioneer Zephyr and other exhibits while ...