U-505 in Chicago by bmac62
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"Torpedo los" (Torpedo away in German)
Who knew there was a German U-boat in Chicago???
Many of you do know of the recent trip three of us Renderositians took to Chicago. "The Chicago Three" were Buffalo1, debbielove and me.
The objective of this visit was one thing, to pay a visit to the World War II captured German submarine, U-505. The true story of the capture of U-505 is almost stranger than fiction. Here's an excellent link: Capture of U-505
U-505 is a Type IXC U-boat of the Kriegsmarine that was captured on 4 June 1944 by United States Navy Task group 22.3 (TG22.3). Codebooks and other secret materials from U-505 assisted Allied code breaking operations. U-505 was the first warship captured at sea by the US Navy since 1815.
The two officers pictured in the collage are:
1. Captain Daniel V. Gallery, a native of Chicago, the Captain of the Aircraft Carrier Guadalcanal (CVE 60) and the Commander of US Navy Hunter Killer Task Group 22.3
2. Oberleutenant Harald Lange, Captain of the U-505
Will post photos in the future of the captured Enigma Code machine and the actual red, lead covered code book.
This is a fascinating thing to see for anyone but particularly those interested in WWII history.
Thanks for stopping by and Please ZOOM...left very large.
Bill:)
Comments (32)
billcody
Photography on a high level and a very helpful information!
weesel
You never know what, or who, you find in your neighborhood. The grave of Werner Henke is in the old Fort Meade cemetary. Every German memorial day, in Autumn, representatives from the German embassy lay a wreath and ribbon on it. I'm going to try to catch them in action this year. Also someone(s) else visits the POW graves from time to time and leaves little bunches of evergreen on some of them. IIRC the Italian embassy sends a similar delelgation for the two Italian POWs buried there. Werner was a top U-Boot commander and has an interesting story; definitely worth a google trip.