Uploaded November 2022 | Updated September 2026, 42 minutes ago
In her uniquely unlucky career with the Kriegsmarine, the German U-boat U-505 had the distinction of being the "most heavily damaged U-boat to successfully return to port" in World War II on her fourth patrol, and the only submarine in which a commanding officer took his own life in combat conditions on her tenth patrol, following six botched patrols.
She was captured on 4 June 1944 by United States Navy Task Group 22.3, one of six U-boats that were captured by Allied forces during World War II. The submarine was towed to Bermuda in secret and her crew were interned at a US prisoner of war camp, where they were denied access to International Red Cross visits. The Navy classified the capture as top secret and prevented the Germans from discovering it, and in 1954 the U-505 arrived at the Museum of Science and Industry in Chicago, but the Radio room was empty.
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In her uniquely unlucky career with the Kriegsmarine, the German U-boat U-505 had the distinction of being the "most heavily damaged U-boat to successfully return to port" in World War II on her fourth patrol, and the only submarine in which a commanding officer took his own life in combat conditions on her tenth patrol, following six botched patrols.
She was captured on 4 June 1944 by United States Navy Task Group 22.3, one of six U-boats that were captured by Allied forces during World War II. The submarine was towed to Bermuda in secret and her crew were interned at a US prisoner of war camp, where they were denied access to International Red Cross visits. The Navy classified the capture as top secret and prevented the Germans from discovering it, and in 1954 the U-505 arrived at the Museum of Science and Industry in Chicago, but the Radio room was empty.
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