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U-505's Secret Crew

A captain captured a German submarine, and it nearly cost him his career.

Collection: Chicago · USA · Open in OpenStreetMap

Captured U-505 beside USS Guadalcanal, June 1944
Captured U-505 beside USS Guadalcanal, June 1944 · Unknown author, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons

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How the story begins

The families of U-505's crew believed their men were lost at sea. They were not. They were in Louisiana, at Camp Ruston, kept apart in one corner of the camp. Their names were withheld from the Red Cross, and they could not write home. On 4 June 1944, off the coast of West Africa, an American task group under Captain Daniel Gallery forced the boat to the surface. Gallery had planned to take one whole.

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Visiting

5700 South DuSable Lake Shore Drive. The submarine is indoors, underground, and needs a museum ticket. The on-board tour of the interior is optional. Nothing of it can be seen from outside. Check hours and prices on the museum's site.

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