The German Kriegsmarine Unterseeboot / U-Boat and the Capture of the U-505

INTRODUCTION:


On 4 June 1944, a hunter-killer group of the United States Navy captured the German submarine U-505. This event marked the first time a U.S. Navy vessel had captured an enemy vessel at sea since the nineteenth century. The action took place in the Atlantic Ocean, in Latitude 21-30N, Longitude 19-20W, about 150 miles off the coast of Rio De Oro, Africa. The American force was commanded by Captain Daniel V. Gallery, USN, and comprised the escort Carrier Guadalcanal (CVE-60) and five escort vessels under Commander Frederick S. Hall, USN: Pillsbury (DE-133) Pope DE-134), Flaherty (DE-135), Chatelain (DE-149), and Jenks (DE-665) ...


SUBJECTS By CHAPTER:


1. Capture of U-505 on 4 June 1944


2. German Navy U-Boat (Submarine) Headquarters War Logs From World War II in the Collection of the Navy Department Library


3. Recollections of Captain Daniel V. Gallery, USN, Concerning the Capture of German Submarine U-505


4. U-505 PHOTOGRAPHS (Current Day)


5. German Submarine Crew Training During Construction, Outfitting, and Commissioning of U-boats: Document Captured on U-505


6. U-505 Personal Diary -  Anonymous author, possibly Oberfunkmaat (Signalman First Class) Gottfried Fischer


7. Radio Documents Captured on  German Submarine U-505


8. U-505 Red Notebook


9. German Submarine U-106 Engineering Section War Diary Captured on U-505


10. U-107 Engineering Section War Diary Captured on U-505


11. U-138 Engineering Section War Diary Captured on U-505


12. Wehrmacht [German Armed Forces] Reports Captured on U-505


13.  Glossary of German Terminology in Engineering Documents Captured on U-505


14.  NEWSREEL: U-Boat Menace Ended, 1945/05/17 (United States; 1945)


15.  MOVIE - The Commander Of Happy Pike (USSR; 1942)