U-505 : The Lone Wolf of Chicago’s Museum of Science and Industry
by
Jr. Wise
Book Details
Format
Hardback or Cased Book
ISBN-10
1591149673
ISBN-13
9781591149675
Publisher
Naval Institute Press
Imprint
Naval Institute Press
Country of Manufacture
US
Country of Publication
GB
Publication Date
Mar 19th, 2020
Print length
224 Pages
Weight
1,168 grams
Dimensions
22.40 x 31.50 x 2.00 cms
Product Classification:
European historySecond World WarShip design & naval architecture
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On 4 June 1944 the German submarine U-505 became the first man-of-war captured by the US Navy in battle on the high seas since the War of 1812. Attacked by the American hunter-killer force Task Group 22.3 off the coast of West Africa, the 750-ton U-boat was forced to the surface, boarded by American sailors and secretly towed to Bermuda.
The U-505 was a German submarine that was captured in battle by the US in June of 1944. James Wise (a former US naval intelligence officer) narrates the life of the vessel from its 1941 construction in Hamburg to its more recent home at the Museum of Science and Industry in Chicago. Including numerous photographs throughout, Wise describes the u-boat''s fortunes in World War II, the circumstances of its capture, and the long journey down the St. Lawrence River and through four of the Great Lakes to Chicago. He also offers two appendixes discussing operating and living on board the U-505 and the historical evolution of the submarine.
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