U-Boat Views by Buffalo1

Photography • Military • posted on Jul 31, 2009

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Here is a humble effort from the trip Bill (bmac62), Rob (debbielove) and yours truly made to Chicago's Museum of Science and Industry. The U-505 is a Type IX u-boat captured in June of 1944 by a US Navy hunter/killer group. If you have visited Bill's gallery you know the full story and have seen better photos. (I had a lot of problems with the musuem lighting - either too much or too little.) Anyway, I like the view of the 37mm anti-aircraft gun. The level of the conning tower that it sits on was called the "Wintergarden" by the German sailors. FYI: The big 10.5cm deck guns were removed from most German subs during 1943-44. By this time it was too dangerous to surface and use them on Allied merchantmen. I've been on the road lately, so I'll have to catch up on visiting your gallerys.

Comments (22)

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erlandpil

9:35AM | Fri, 31 July 2009

Great shot my friends erland

Kazziga

10:10AM | Fri, 31 July 2009

Great photos of an interesting subject.

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ragouc

10:22AM | Fri, 31 July 2009

Good shot and collage.

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texboy

11:37AM | Fri, 31 July 2009

what a sweet boat! just so happens, I'm re-reading "Das Boot" for the zillionth time, but it's about a type VII-C.... good stuff, bud!

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rainbows

1:07PM | Fri, 31 July 2009

Grand shots, Rodge! Excellent work :-) Hugs. Diane. xx

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tennesseecowgirl

1:08PM | Fri, 31 July 2009

These are great, love the top one, they sure seem to have it lit up nicely so they helped you a little there. Nice work.

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RodolfoCiminelli

1:11PM | Fri, 31 July 2009

Splendid and impressive photo series my friend....!!!

proteus2

2:20PM | Fri, 31 July 2009

Nice shots,well-done ! P

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flavia49

5:31PM | Fri, 31 July 2009

great capture!! I really like the big one!!

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junge1

5:58PM | Fri, 31 July 2009

great shots in this collage!

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sandra46

6:03PM | Fri, 31 July 2009

fabulous collage, great shots!

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debbielove

5:28AM | Sat, 01 August 2009

These came out well, mt friend! Not bad all ..... I too struggled A LOT with the lighting down there... And kids! Again! Machine gun not handy... But looks REAL good, my friend.. Top one especially... Rob.

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MagikUnicorn

11:38AM | Sat, 01 August 2009

Sweet collage!

jared99

12:50PM | Sun, 02 August 2009

Wow! That's the first uboat I've actually seen. These are great pics, and it looks like it was a fun outing.

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jocko500

4:01PM | Sun, 02 August 2009

wonderful shot with the bad lighting. not your error but i think you did good with the lighting

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Richardphotos

9:34PM | Sun, 02 August 2009

at first I was thinking it was inside of a larger ship from the structure looming overhead.sure looks to be in well maintained condition. excellent shots

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