Oct 17, 2020
Captain Daniel V Gallery on the captured U-505
Gallery was a wrestler at the US Naval Academy from 1917 and wrestled for the USA in the featherweight Greco competition at the Antwerp Olympics in 1920.
He commanded Task Group 22.3 from the escort carrier USS Guadalcanal which on June 4, 1940 captured the German U-boat U-505 off the coast of Africa. The boarders, led by Lieutenant Albert David, retrieved the submarine's Enigma coding machine and code books.
After the war he was promoted to Rear Admiral and became Assistant to the Chief of Naval Operations. He commanded Carrier Division Six during the Korean War.