U-505 was the only German U-Boat captured by the U.S. Navy. The submarine held secrets and technology the Germans hoped would never fall into the allied forces' hands.

Laurie Roberts: Old sailors will gather one last time today to remember a naval feat, the June 4, 1944 capture of U-505.

Only a small part of the U-505's bow stuck out of the water that overcast morning. Lukosius, of South Holland, and his mates jumped out of their whale boat and on to the submarine.

It was not the U-505 itself that made the capture so important, but the secrets it contained, including documents that enabled the Navy to decode enemy submarine radio messages and the U-boat`s ...

The U-505 Submarine exhibit's interactive Dive Trainer will be open for a hands-on lesson in U-boat buoyancy, and submarine-themed make-and-take activities will be featured throughout the exhibit.

U-505 Only U-boat captured in action during World War II and the first enemy warship boarded and captured by the U.S. Navy since the War of 1812.

One of the last surviving U.S. sailors who helped board and capture the German submarine U-505 during World War II was at the Museum of Science and Industry on Wednesday to celebrate the 70th ...

Once a feared weapon of Nazi Germany, U-505 became a turning point in the Battle of the Atlantic when it was captured by U.S. forces in 1944. Following a fierce battle and a failed scuttling ...

Almost any Chicagoan can tell you the city is home to the U-505, a fully equipped German submarine from World War II. History, however, records that the U-505 was only the second U-boat to reach ...

The ship captured the German U-boat 505 intact with all of it's code books and Enigma Machine on board. Photos by Walter Hinick/Montana Standard ...

World War II veterans who were there when the U-505 on display at the Museum of Science and Industry was captured in 1944 visited the vessel on the 70th anniversary of its capture.