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<p>[QUOTE="Bdigger, post: 1070410, member: 157"]The U 505 I belive refers to a wwII U boat.</p><p>U-505 is a German <a href="https://www.bing.com/search?q=German%20Type%20IXC%20submarine%20wikipedia" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://www.bing.com/search?q=German%20Type%20IXC%20submarine%20wikipedia" rel="nofollow">German Type IXC submarine</a> built for Germany's <a href="https://www.bing.com/search?q=Kriegsmarine%20wikipedia" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://www.bing.com/search?q=Kriegsmarine%20wikipedia" rel="nofollow">Kriegsmarine</a> during World War II. She was captured by the U.S. Navy on 4 June 1944. </p><p>In her uniquely unlucky career with the Kriegsmarine, she had the distinction of being the "most heavily damaged U-boat to successfully return to port" in World War II on her fourth patrol, and the only submarine in which a commanding officer took his own life in combat conditions on her tenth patrol, following six botched patrols. She was one of six U-boats that were captured by Allied forces during World War II, captured on 4 June 1944 by United States Navy Task Group 22.3 (TG 22.3). All but one of U-505's crew were rescued by the Navy task group. The submarine was towed to Bermuda in secret and her crew were interned at a US prisoner of war camp, where they were denied access to <a href="https://www.bing.com/search?q=International%20Red%20Cross%20wikipedia" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://www.bing.com/search?q=International%20Red%20Cross%20wikipedia" rel="nofollow">International Red Cross</a> visits. The Navy classified the capture as top secret and prevented the Germans from discovering it. Her codebooks, <a href="https://www.bing.com/search?q=Enigma%20machine%20wikipedia" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://www.bing.com/search?q=Enigma%20machine%20wikipedia" rel="nofollow">Enigma machine</a>, and other secret materials found on board helped the Allies to break Germany's top secret codes. </p><p>In 1954, U-505 was donated to the <a href="https://www.bing.com/search?q=Museum%20of%20Science%20and%20Industry%20(Chicago)%20wikipedia" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://www.bing.com/search?q=Museum%20of%20Science%20and%20Industry%20(Chicago)%20wikipedia" rel="nofollow">Museum of Science and Industry</a> in Chicago, Illinois. She is now one of four German World War II U-boats that survive as museum ships, and just one of two Type IXCs still in existence with <a href="https://www.bing.com/search?q=German%20submarine%20U-534%20wikipedia" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://www.bing.com/search?q=German%20submarine%20U-534%20wikipedia" rel="nofollow">U-534</a>.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="Bdigger, post: 1070410, member: 157"]The U 505 I belive refers to a wwII U boat. U-505 is a German [URL='https://www.bing.com/search?q=German%20Type%20IXC%20submarine%20wikipedia']German Type IXC submarine[/URL] built for Germany's [URL='https://www.bing.com/search?q=Kriegsmarine%20wikipedia']Kriegsmarine[/URL] during World War II. She was captured by the U.S. Navy on 4 June 1944. In her uniquely unlucky career with the Kriegsmarine, she had the distinction of being the "most heavily damaged U-boat to successfully return to port" in World War II on her fourth patrol, and the only submarine in which a commanding officer took his own life in combat conditions on her tenth patrol, following six botched patrols. She was one of six U-boats that were captured by Allied forces during World War II, captured on 4 June 1944 by United States Navy Task Group 22.3 (TG 22.3). All but one of U-505's crew were rescued by the Navy task group. The submarine was towed to Bermuda in secret and her crew were interned at a US prisoner of war camp, where they were denied access to [URL='https://www.bing.com/search?q=International%20Red%20Cross%20wikipedia']International Red Cross[/URL] visits. The Navy classified the capture as top secret and prevented the Germans from discovering it. Her codebooks, [URL='https://www.bing.com/search?q=Enigma%20machine%20wikipedia']Enigma machine[/URL], and other secret materials found on board helped the Allies to break Germany's top secret codes. In 1954, U-505 was donated to the [URL='https://www.bing.com/search?q=Museum%20of%20Science%20and%20Industry%20(Chicago)%20wikipedia']Museum of Science and Industry[/URL] in Chicago, Illinois. She is now one of four German World War II U-boats that survive as museum ships, and just one of two Type IXCs still in existence with [URL='https://www.bing.com/search?q=German%20submarine%20U-534%20wikipedia']U-534[/URL].[/QUOTE]
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