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nyc no.999 & u-505

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Finally got to cross U-505 off my bucket list. A really fantastic display.

The surrounding exhibit does a good job of establishing context for the Battle of the Atlantic and is filled with a good variety of history, crew life, and science and engineering spread through displays of varying interactivity so that you can choose your own level of engagement without missing out on too much of the narrative.

Definitely recommend visiting if you’re ever in Chicago.

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U-505 a German WW2 Type IXC submarine making its way through Milwaukee in July 1954. This submarine was captured on June 4 1944 and is on display at the Museum of Science and Industry in Chicago. - 414 Milwaukee Mil Town

U-505 World War II German Untersee boot (U-boat) was the first foreign warship to be captured on the high seas by the United States Navy since 1815. A permanent exhibit at the Museum of Science and Industry since 1954. - Milwaukee Waterways

The submarine was displayed in Milwaukee (a city with a large German population) in 1954 on its way to its permanent home at the Museum of Science and Industry in Chicago.

I spent a wide-eyed half hour aboard her during an elementary school field trip soon after it arrived. As I remember it seemed tiny inside, this despite the fact I was probably four feet tall at the time.

Photo - Milwaukee Journal

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Flag that the U.S.S. Jenks flew when it captured the U-505 (MSI)

from /r/vexillology Top comment: Pretty badass looking

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The German sun U-505 captured

U-505 is a German Type IXC U-boat built for Germany's Kriegsmarine (in Hamburg) during World War II. Launched 24 May 1941. She was captured by the U.S. Navy on 4 June 1944.

In her uniquely unlucky career with the Kriegsmarine, she 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 one of six U-boats that were captured by Allied forces during World War II. She was captured on 4 June 1944 by United States Navy Task Group 22.3 (TG 22.3). All but one of U-505's crew were rescued by the Navy task group. The submarine was towed to Bermuda in secret and her crew was 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 its discovery by the Germans. Her codebooks, Enigma machine, and other secret materials found on board helped the Allied codebreakers.

In 1954, U-505 was donated to the Museum of Science and Industry in Chicago, Illinois. She is now one of four German World War II U-boats that survive as museum ships, and, along with U-534, just one of two Type IXCs still in existence. WIKIPEDIA.

Look at http://www.net-maquettes.com/da/pictures/u-505-type-ixc-u-boat/

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U-505 comes to Chicago

(John Dominis. 1954?)

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June 4

In 1944, a boarding party from the US Navy destroyer escort USS Pillsbury stormed the damaged German unterseeboot U-505. They managed to salvage the submarine, as its crew did not fully complete scuttling procedures prior to abandoning the stricken boat.

It's kind of a shame that a bunch of surface pukes got their grubby hands all over a fine submarine, but they did keep the vessel after the war. A decade later, it was donated to the Chicago Museum of Science and Industry.

All of the boat's removable components had long since been stripped for study, and there was no way it was usable as a museum exhibit. The museum's president, Lenox Lohr, contacted the parts' original manufacturers in Germany and asked for replacements. To his astonishment, most of the suppliers provided the parts, and all free of charge. They were that proud of their craftsmanship.

You can see the U-505 today at the MSI in Chicago, Illinois. It is one of the only two surviving Type IXC U-boats in the entire world.

Anyone who has spent any time aboard a submarine can tell you that there's a particular odor associated with being in the boats. It's certainly not pleasant, but, after a time, one becomes accustomed to it. It's rather amazing that, after over half a century as a museum piece, when you enter the U-505, you can still detect traces of that distinctive smell.