U-505 submarine

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The U-505 submarine is a captured German World War II U-boat preserved as a historic naval artifact and war prize.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf German submarine
Type IXC U-boat
museum ship
naval war prize
armament anti-aircraft guns
deck gun
torpedo tubes
assignedTo 2nd U-boat Flotilla
4th U-boat Flotilla
beam 6.76 m
builder Deutsche Werft AG
builtAt Hamburg
capturedBy Task Group 22.3
USS Guadalcanal
USS Pillsbury
United States Navy
capturedIn Atlantic Ocean
capturedNear off the coast of West Africa
capturedOn 4 June 1944
commissionedOn 26 August 1941
conflict World War II
countryOfOrigin Nazi Germany
crewComplement about 48 to 54
decommissionedAsWarship post-World War II
designation National Historic Landmark
displacementSubmerged 1232 t
displacementSurfaced 1120 t
displayedAt Museum of Science and Industry, Chicago
draught 4.7 m
hasExhibitTheme Battle of the Atlantic interpretation
hasHullNumber 505
heritageStatus U.S. National Historic Landmark
laidDownOn 12 June 1940
laterOperator United States Navy
launchedOn 24 May 1941
length 76.76 m
locatedIn Chicago
Illinois
United States
maximumSpeedSubmerged about 7.3 knots
maximumSpeedSurfaced about 18.3 knots
notableFor being one of the few German U-boats captured at sea by the Allies
yielding Enigma materials and codebooks
onDisplaySince 1954
operator Kriegsmarine
pennantNumber U-505
placedIn indoor exhibit at Museum of Science and Industry
preservedAs museum ship
propulsion diesel-electric
rangeSurfaced about 13450 nmi at 10 knots
servedIn Battle of the Atlantic
shipClass Type IXC submarine
shipType ocean-going long-range submarine
testDepth 230 m
underwentRestoration early 2000s
usedFor education about submarine warfare
public history exhibits
warPrizeOf United States
yardNumber 295

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Subject (surface form when different) Predicate
Museum of Science and Industry
hasExhibit
U-505 ("U-505")
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