Today we went to the Museum of Science and Industry and visited the U-505 exhibit. This submarine was used by the German Navy during WWII. On June 4, 1944, the American forces used depth charge attacks on the submarine, jamming the rudders and causing the submarine to descend farther down into the sea. Since the pressure at depths past 755 feet would crush the submarine, Captain Herald Lange was forced to surface the submarine. When the Americans began to attack at the surface, Lange decided to try to sink the ship by flooding it. American Captain Daniel V. Gallery and his men boarded the submarine and successfully prevented it from sinking, thus successfully capturing the ship. The U-505 was donated to Chicago by the United States Navy in 1954 and has been exhibited in the museum ever since.
U-505 Submarine
- Jillian and Kayla
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