U-505 submarine

E44718

German submarine Type IXC U-boat museum ship naval war prize

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

Aliases (1)

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Statements (59)

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 →

Referenced by (2)

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