Inside A WWII GERMAN U-BOAT!!! | History Traveler Episode 37 (3rd Time's a Charm)
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- Опубликовано: 7 сен 2024
- (Editor's Note: In the video, I erroneously stated that the hedgehogs detonated at a predetermined depth. They actually were detonated on contact via a contact fuse. Apologies for the error.)
It's not very often that you get to go inside a German U-boat from WWII, but we get to do just that at the Museum of Science & Industry in Chicago, Illinois. All kinds of interesting stuff to learn in this one!
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Well, that settles it. I'm watching Das Boot (German version with subtitles) for the 100th time tonight. Excellent video.
Lol
Alarrrrrrrrm!!!
@@aka99 haha! I love that scene when he yells that out.
I watch it for the ' Chief '.
@@thinghammer I had a yacht named ' Das Boot ' when my brother came up from the hatch i yelled ' Alarm ' . Still children😅
I grew up about 2 miles south of the Museum of Science and Industry and used to ride my bike there or take the Illinois Central train. My dad took me there in the 50s when they moved the U 505 out of Lake Michigan and across the Outer Drive. I was only about 9 or 10 but was still very impressed. Until 2004 or so it was outside the museum on the east side but was becoming badly weathered. I have not had a chance to visit it in its new quarters but from your video it is a much better exhibit than in the 50s and 60s. BTW, the holes in the conning tower are from the .50 machine guns of the strafing aircraft and the 20 mm and 40 mm used by the destroyer escorts. They specifically did not want to sink the U boat so that it could be captured and therefore did not use their 5" guns.
As you say, the Museum of Science and Industry is an amazing place and it really takes a full 1-2 days to properly see everything. Also, about 3/4 of a mile away at the University of Chicago is the Oriental Institute which is an amazing museum of Egyptian and Babylonian artifacts. Definitely worth 2-3 hours if you are interested in those periods. And that is not to mention the Field Natural History Museum, the Chicago Historical Society Museum, the Chicago Academy of Sciences, the Art Institute, and a bunch of smaller museums in Chicago. You can easily spend a week or 10 days in the Chicago area just doing museums. If you have an interest in WW1 and WW2 history do not miss the 1st Infantry Division Museum (Cantigny) in Wheaton, IL, one of the western suburbs of Chicago.
Wow. Thanks for all of the extra info. Much appreciated!
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Thank you very much for focusing on submarines in this video. My father served in the Atlantic before the war protecting the merchant shipping. He was on the USS Drum which is in Mobile, Alabama and when we entered the war he served on the USS Cavalla which is now on display in Texas. He was one of the most highly decorated officers in the US Navy! I used to attend many of their reunions. His rank was CWO. Bless you for honoring our Submariners!!
Much respect for those guys. I went through the Drum a few years ago. Pretty amazing what those guys did. 🇺🇸
It's so nice that one of the 5 remaining U-Boats in the world (other than wrecks at the bottom of the ocean) is located in the USA in Chicago. And as a bonus, it's in the Museum of Science and Industry, which would be a fascinating trip even without the U-Boat!
Ron - Completely agree. Got another one from there next week. Thanks for watching!
and it was not surrendered or donated or spoils of war....it was captured by a boarding party of US Navy pirates!!....gotta love it
Don't forget the submarines now on display in Neuschwabenland 😎
I live in Chicago, I have seen that U boat at least twice! It’s very interesting to see in person, and well worth a trip!
To say nothing of the excellent museum it’s in.
On my bucket list, was looking for airfare last night,,,
Thank you for this very interesting presentation. My Father served in the British Merchant Navy during the war. He was on North Atlantic Convoy Duty up to Murmansk and Archangel in Russia. There is a U Boat on display, not far from where I live U-534 is at Birkenhead UK but it has been cut into sections and preserved. It was sank in the Kattegat by an RAF Liberator Bomber in May 1945 and is one of only four U-Boats in preserved condition left in the World. Once again, thank you sir.
Your father must have had some horrific stories seeing how cold it was on those convoys.
@@marcuswardle3180 Hi Marcus. My Dad never spoke much about those days, but when I was an inquisitive lad, growing up I used to ask him stuff and you are quite right in what you say. He said the Cold was one of the worst things to deal with, you had that many layers of clothing on. The rest, you had no control over, it was in the hands of God. Thankfully he came through it ok. Keep safe my friend.
Great Book: The Ghost Ships of Archangel. Library Book read recently. Shame that the Russians forget how much Lend Lease was delivered to Murmansk and Archangel in Russia. Great tribute to the Merchant Marines from the Allies.
I grew up in Chicago and went there many times as a kid. I remember looking through the periscope and getting to lay down on one of the crew bunks. The whole Museum is one of my favorite places.
Very cool place. Aren’t many in the world that you can see.
I grew up there too- I remember when the U505 was outside- OUTSTANDING job making it enclosed in a "U-Boat pen"
@@TheRagratus And that periscope looked right out over Lake Shore Drive.
In case you need anymore first-hand accounts of this U-boat arriving in Chicago, this is what I remember. In the 1950’s my family lived in Gary, IN because my dad was employed to the US Steel, American Bridge Division. We had a very small tv (black & white, of course). The news had been following bringing the boat down Lake Michigan to the shore by the museum. Then the closed the Outer Drive (Lake Shore Drive) and towed the boat across the highway. What we thought was so funny was there were traffic signs posted : WARNING. SUBMARINE CROSSING. All of us kids thought that was so cool. !!! Thanks for all the history you are saving & sharing !!!
As a retired U. S. Navy Submarine Sonar Technician this is interesting. I may have to go there.
The showers are blocked off. 😉
Any giant squid show up ?
My dad was on the USS Chatalain when this all took place. We went through the sub in 1970, the year before he died. We had to sit through the movie they had back then because he was standing next to the boat's captain in a few second segment in the movie. I took my family there in 2015 and they were in awe. In came home to them when they saw his name on the crew roster. Thanks for covering this!
My pleasure! I really enjoyed visiting there and putting this one together. Glad that you enjoyed it.
5:04 so glad you included these graphics showing the huge number of ships that U-Boats sunk in ‘40, ‘41, ‘42 and ‘43. The losses in ‘42 nearly brought Britain to its knees and the war cost the lives of 30-40,000 sailors. But by the end of the war such was the effectiveness of intelligence gathering and active sonar that serving on a U Boat meant almost certain death. The hunters became the hunted. Also worth noting that modern day nuclear subs are 50% longer and 7 x heavier!
Why does this vlog only have 4,5k views....this is history and should be passed down from generation to generation
Ha! Hard to say. I can't figure RUclips out, but thanks. Feel free to share it and spread the word :)
I think probably not many know what a u-boat is
Been through this submarine so many times growing up in the Chicagoland area. It sat outside since it's arrival in Chicago. Tours were cold in the winter, but so very cool. Excellent idea for bringing it inside.
Great piece. For a fantastic book by a WW2 U-boat captain, I heartily recommend Herbert Werner's 'Iron Coffins'.
A wonderful WWI submarine book is “Fips: Legendary U Boat Commander...” Here’s a student film about this great story: ruclips.net/video/SZvL_0BTSis/видео.html.
@@jimhoffmann thanks for the recommendation
Also the incomparable “Das Boot” by Lothar-Günther Bucheim.
Fantastic book.
A crewman from this U-boat (U-505), Hans Goebeler, wrote a memoir called “Steel Boats, Iron Hearts.” I re-read it last week and it brought me here. It’s a great, quick read.
I've been on the U505 (prior to the discovery of the bread dough). It is shockingly cramped making the USS Pampanito, a US Fleet submarine from WWII, feel like a cruise ship in comparison. My dad, who was supposed to have been discharged from the army in January 1942 (this was delayed...) was also scheduled to sail with his army unit to England on the SS Normandie. That never happened, as the Normandie was capsized in the harbor before sailing, originally thought to be sabotage but later determined to be an accidental fire. Instead he sailed on a smaller ship (I think it was the USS Mexico). He said that the convoy no sooner turned the corner out of the harbor before the corvettes started depth charging U boats. Dad said he didn't know who he felt sorrier for, the Germans getting depth charged, or the sailors in the tiny corvettes dropping the charges, because the racket was like being in a trash can with someone beating the outside with a baseball bat. He also said that his ship had a torpedo explode near enough to lift the ship almost out of the water and knock the engines off line. He said all he could remember was being lined up with the other guys, life vests donned, three holds down, waiting to get into that awful, frigid water, where they were not likely to survive for long. Thankfully, the crew managed to get the ship's engines running again, and the actual amount of damage wasn't disclosed to the troops aboard her, being considered a military secret at the time. Several ships in the convoy were lost to the U boats. Must've been one helluva cruise.
Thank you for the reminiscence. I grew up in Chicago (no longer live there) and as a kid was able to see this submarine. A great adventure for me back then. Good to see it again.
So my father (and hopefully, myself one day) is a operating engineer in the local 150 the local for this part of the state.
At a picnic at the Union hall one year, we met one of the operators who had helped bring the 505 to her current and final resting place
I was there in March of 20. Right before Covid. The last time I saw the U-505 it was outside. VERY VERY cool!!! World class museums can be found in Chicago. Plan a day or two for each one. NOT hours.
We really made a mistake by not planning more time at that particular museum. Very cool place.
When I saw the U525 in '69, it was outside. Couldn't go inside IIRC, but could look at it. At some naval museum. I was at Great Lake's at the time.
I like how MSI Chicago makes the huge room the boat is in feel and look like a U-boat bunker.
I was on this when it was inside. The Museum of Science and Industry in Chicago. This was 1996. A tour I'll never forget!
If you're ever in Germany, you can visit a newer German Uboot Type (Type XXI) in Bremerhaven (nothern Germany).
I would love to. Thanks!
I visited the museum and toured the U505 in the 50s with my father, a WWII vet. A memory I'll always treasure.
I too went on the USS Pampanito. I have total appreciation of the submariner force in WWII.
Great Video, my Dad served aboard the USS Pope DE-134, each year there is a reunion of the Sailors from TG-22.3, very fascinating to hear the stories. Last reunion was on the 71st anniversary of the capture.
Oh wow! How cool. Thanks for sharing that!
Your channel is the best!!! You really spread history and culture worldwide! Please don’t stop! My best wishes from Rio de Janeiro, Brazil!
Thanks! I really do appreciate that. I think that you are the first viewer from Brazil 🇧🇷😁
This was the first History Underground video I watched and now I’m hooked. I think you should get in contact with these people and see if you can make a new video inside of the sub.
Good video. Thanks. It must have been a terrifying experience in a U-Boat during the war.
Thanks for taking us along for another great part of WW2 History. Really appreciate seeing/learning about the Normandy beaches and bunkers too!
Tim Pinner - I’ve really enjoyed putting it all together and have learned a lot in the process. Thanks for watching!
You do a good job at showing just enough about a place that makes people want to go and see it for themselves!
Been there several times and there is no end to this place.
I've been to the museum several times too and each time I visited the interactive area where you could push buttons to make mechanical devices do stuff but it seemed as if half of them were broken every time. Have they improved their maintenance? I was disappointed for my 10 year old son. (Actually, I was disappointed more for me. I wanted to see them all working.)
7:15 these _Hedgehog_ shells were set to only go off on contact with the targeted U-Boat. This was so that a sonar lock could be maintained on the target. Very deadly!
Those men of the boarding party were very brave. They knew the boat had been rigged to explode (to avoid capture) but they desperately wanted any intelligence they could recover. Mostly that Enigma Machine. Nice video, thanx.
Yes, you are right. Pure guts.
Yes although the Captain was nearly Court martialed as the code books were the most important as we already had a machine & were breaking codes.
Towing it risked letting Germany know we had the machines and code books
Love it, again very informative.. From a US Soldier retired..
7:07 The hedgehog had not the same concept as the depth charge.
Depth charges damage a submarine by a huge explosion. The hedgehogs had a contact fuse and only explode when they hit an object.
That's why they didn't need a lot of explosives.
The advantage was that they could be fired forward across the bow in clusters much further than the heavy depth charges.
Yes, that was my bad. I made an annotation in the description.
Thru the late 50's and early 60's in grade school we went there each year on field trips they had a theater to watch the capture then the tour thru it was outside then and the planes hanging when you walked in. It was a kids dream come true!!
I had no idea that this place existed. I'm so putting this on my to do list !! thank you for this channel, I am going to DC for the first time and used it to help with my itinerary. I appreciate all the sites you take in.
The capture of the U-505 was against orders. The Allies didn't want the Germans to ever become aware that the Allies had captured any Enigma machines or code books or settings. Had this happened the Germans would have to assume their codes and methods were compromised and change them up. The British at Bletchley Park were reading German codes and didn't want the Germans doing anything to further complicate their efforts. Had the skipper of the destroyer followed orders, he'd have rescued the German sailors and then let the U-Boat sink, the rationale being that U-Boat crews as they abandoned ship set a time bomb. So Allied sailors wouldn't board them, and that's why the sailor who did got the Medal of Honor. The skipper probably didn't know the reason why U-Boats were not to be captured. Bletchley Park was a secret kept until the 1970s. The whole capture of U-505 had to remain a secret until the end of the war. The sailors were kept in isolation so no one in Germany could find out they'd survived, and communicate that the Allies had captured the sub.
Only the Germans believed the Engima machine made unbreakable codes. Polish mathematicians before the war figured out that the codes could be broken, started working on it and sent intelligence agents to Berlin to steal a machine. When the Nazis invaded Poland, the Poles made sure they got everything they had on Enigma to the British who continued and built on their work.
If you want to learn about Enigma and Bletchley Park the absolute last thing you'd want to do is watch the Imitation Game - it's garbage. Anything on Alan Turing is wonderful. Perhaps the best primer on U-Boats is of course the long version of the movie Das Boot. (What's cool is that when visiting submarines you can swing through the hatches like the crews did.)
Also the reason it's so difficult to lower a submarine to a specific depth is the way buoyancy works. Once you are neutrally buoyant there is nothing in the physics that determines your depth. A neutrally buoyant sub can be 6 inches under the surface or at the bottom of the ocean. This is why early subs were on the surface, on the surface, on the surface and then on the bottom (often with the people inside drowning). This is where the dive planes and forward or backward movement determines the speed of and depth of a dive. At the ordered depth the captain will order the dive planes to level out. [For secondary science students the trick to getting the best neutrally buoyant submarine project is to have a piece that sticks up just above the surface. So you're really after not 1.0000 g/mL (density) buoyancy, but 1.0001 g/mL. A drinking straw works best. You test it out, with the straw sticking above the surface, then mark it at the waterline, cut it off and plug it.] Just being a busy body on quarantine.
Thanks for the extra info!
fantastic playlist. thankyou for sharing your great knowledge with incredible footage. my own grandfather was killed in a u-boat torpedo attack on his troop ship SS Yoma off the coast of libya 1943. peace brother. im looking forward to any more ww2 videos.
Thanks for the kind words. Unfortunately, there were a lot of good men like your grandpa who were killed by the U-boat attacks.
Definitely a must see for any Chicago trip. As a side note, I feel sorry for people who don't have an appreciation for this giant artifact and your historical videos in general. Keep up the great content.
Thanks!!!
I had the pleasure to visit it, was an amazing experience !
Thank you so much for sharing it !
hedgehogs had a contact detonator
Yes. That was my error. I've made a correction in the description. Thanks.
This was a yearly school trip destination for suburban kids. Back then, the 505 was outside, and one entered and exited via doorways cut into the hull. The JU-87 that hung from the ceiling, was once stored at the EAA Museum, when it was at Hales Corners, Wisconsin. Visitors were allowed to get close enough to see the battle damage to that aircraft.
One school kid "story", was that the captured "Zero", also hanging from the ceiling, was piloted by a Kamikazi, who chose to land and surrender.
I remember going on the guided tour of U-505 when it was outside the building.
I remember the woman tour guide yelling at a visitor "don't touch that!" lol
😃 Ahhhhh, awesome! I wondered if it was the U-505 you were going to visit. I had the great fortune of growing up in a small suburb of Chicago, and nearly every year getting to see this U-Boat as we got to visit our *vast* Science and Industry museum on a school trip. 😏 I remember being quite fascinated by all the gauges. Fond memories! Thanks for posting this! 😊
I hope we all can stay safe and stay healthy! 💕 Blessings!
Amen.
@@23draft7 Heh. Yes... I have to tell you, I love your username. My Dad loved the Blackhawks, and so did I. Still do. I've lived away from Chicago for more years than I ever lived there, but I was born and raised (or 'bred and buttered,' as an old friend would say) a proud Chicagoan. *It's in my blood.* I miss being there, and I am sorry I had to leave.
@@CatalinaThePirate lucky guy. Saw Stan Mitika, Bobby Hull, and a short stint with my personal fav player Bobby Orr. Now the Cup winners in resent years. Instead of saying early '60's. Now it's the Maple Leafs mid '60's. Lots of history, that's for sure. Go Hawks!
Wow. I knew the figures were bad, but the graphic showing the numbers sunk per year really shocked me. What an eye-opener.
Most people (including me) have no concept of how ugly the Battle of the Atlantic really was. Looking forward to the new Tom Hanks movie. Hopefully it brings that part of the war to light for more people.
When you picture dangerous jobs in WW2 everyone pictures the infantry, but in reality your odds in the infantry were pretty good. Submariners, merchant mariners, airmen, and the signals telephone/radio linesmen are the ones that really had terrible casualty percentages.
My Grandfather served on a U-Boat from 1940-1942 , but due to punctured ear drums was sent back to become an instructor. The sub he was on was sunk in the North Atlantic in March of "43 with a loss of all hands . Those punctured eardrums saved his life . But rather than feeling a sense of relief , he always felt guilty to his dying day . He told me that after enduring many close calls , his fellow seamen were closer than brothers . Just a side note , he lost 4 brothers in WW II and hated Hitler with a passion . He and his brothers fought for Germany , not Hitler and his demented Third Reich .
Wow! Thanks for sharing that. Gosh, what I wouldn't give to have had an hour to sit down and chat with him.
I live in the UK and was very lucky to have a tour through the U534 while she was still complete. What is interesting was that she was sunk during ww2 and was raised off the seabed because they thought she was carrying gold.
Hedgehogs didn't explode at a predetermined depth. They had contact fuses because when the charges went off, that ruined sonar contact until the water calmed down. The hedgehogs only exploded with a direct hit, allowing destroyers to track the submarine until hit.
Yes, I misspoke there. I've made a notation to correct that in the description. Thanks.
I just watched this Episode. (8/2/20)
My father received a Medical Discharge from the USA Army. We moved to Brunswick, Georgia. Daddy worked at the Ship Yard for the rest of WWII.
We lived 2 blocks away from the beach. Blimps patrolled the coastline looking for German Submarines back then.
I was about 2 years old then. This is one of the memories I have of then (I'm 78 yrs old now). I was terrified of he blimps, Mom said she knew when one was coming over even before she heard it. I would run in screaming.
Our apartment was built high off of the ground, at least it seemed that way to me. One day I was trying to climb the steps to get inside with my Mom. Just as I got to the top, I fell and rolled all the way back down to the bottom. I was terrified, Thank God the Blimp did not get me.
They flew very low, nothing like we see the Goodyear Blimp fly over today.
The story of the actual boarding and capture is fascinating and scary. The boarders closed the hatch behind them as the sub filled with water. Heroes all
Really cool video! I was stationed onboard 4 submarines (USS Seahorse SSN 669, USS Lewis & Clark SSBN 644, USS Chicago SSN 721, and USS Pennsylvania SSBN 735) during the Cold War. One of them, USS Chicago has a mock up of the control room at the museum.
Oh wow! Very cool. Much respect to people who served on subs. 👊🏻🇺🇸
My grandfather actually helped move that U boat into that museum in Chicago thought that was interesting love your channel keep it up man
Wow! Thanks for sharing that.
I fondly remember being a little guy and my dad taking me to watch the U505 being transported across Lake Shore Drive and set in place outside the museum. They even had some poor sod dressed up in the full hard-hat diving suit of the period at the festivities.
Thank you for your awesome pictures and informative video 👍👍
I was there in 92, the U-505 was outside back then, It's cool that they moved it inside. The Enigma machine code was broken by Polish scientists before the fall of Poland. They escaped and when they went to England they turned it over to the British.
In 1969, I read Daniel V. Gallery's book about capturing U-505. An interesting read. The Navy was NOT PLEASED about the capture. Why? Because Enigma had already been cracked, and that fact was Top Secret. Given the U-505 capture, the Allies assumed the Germans would learn about it and know that we now had an Enigma machine. Therefore, we feared the Kriegsmarine would change it or change to a different coder/decoder. That did not happen.
When the U-Boot skipper was captured, he was held below decks on Gallery's destroyer. He refused to believe Gallery had captured hos boat until Gallery brought him a framed photo of the skipper's family that was on his desk on the boat.
I have spent years serving on submarines and have visited the U-505 exhibit many times (I grew up in Chicago)...Incredible how small it is...and I'm a bubblehead. Would have been terrifying to be in while being depth-charged.
I'm an airedale and would like to visit this sub one day. Serving in naval aviation, i/we rarely encountered subs except on deployments.
Had a friend who was on the one of the ships involved with capture of this U boat.He said it took several hours before they got it to surface. His Lt. Was the one that got CMOH.The Capt. Of the U boat tried to scuttle it and the Lt. Was able to shut it down before it sank. Fred took his grandson to see it in the 90s and when they were on U boat he told them the story of being there.They got the U boat by triangling it with 3 ships. He spent 3 years on his ship during the war w/o leaving it.
Great Tour. Amazing how these U-Boats came close to shutting-down the British Island in WW II. Amazing how someone succeeded in having this preserved for an American Museum. Thank you so much.
Really appreciate the inside photos. When you mentioned no video inside I got bummed out for a second. 👍
Great they have this Submarine preserved indoors out of the water. So many museum ships are in disrepair due to exposure and lack of maintenance. I bet in the builders and crews wildest dreams they would never believe their boat would end up in a museum in Chicago Illinois.
Oh man, we took our kids to this about 25 years ago. The rest of the family thought it was cool, while I got hit by claustrophobia in a big way and had to pardon me, excuse myself out of there in a quick way! I couldn't get out quick enough. Bummer for a person who loves history.
Thanks for creating great videos on meaningful subjects!
My pleasure. Thank you for watching and contributing. It's a lot of work but I enjoy doing it.
My uncle commander Henry Monat was a doctor for the task force that captured U 505 . He came to USA from Germany in early 30s to go to medical school . He then volunteered for USNR. He was then shipped of to Iceland , from there he did sea duty in both the battle of Atlantic and operation Torch invasion of Africa . I have all his medals. After the war he discovered that his entire family in Germany was murdered by the Nazis as they where Jews. He went on to become a top cardiologist in Washington DC marrying my aunt. They are both buried in Arlington Cemetery. Thanks for the post
Ben Bregman - My gosh. What a story. Thanks for sharing that
Your music is always tasteful and goes right with the program you’re really getting good at this. Thanks for all the great Contant I taught English in school but I love history.
Years ago, l was at a gun show in Orlando FL and there was an old guy who was one of the German crewmembers from U-105, he was selling autographed pictures of himself as a young man in his krigesmarine uniform and some coffee mugs with prints of the U boat on it.
The U-105 had quite a record of success. It was sunk with all hands.
@@stevek8829 it was a typo on my part, I meant U-505 that was captured and on display in Chicago
I went on the U-505 about 3 years ago. I also was on a U boat that is on display in Keil Germany. Back in 1986. I remember the one in Keil being somewhat smaller than U-505.
i was supposed to go see this on a history class fieldtrip but our bus broke down and we spent 5 hours at a truckstop just south of chicago.
actually the hedgehogs had contact fuses so they only went off if a hit was achieved. this way they knew if they got a hit or not.
"how deep will she go?"
"all the way to the bottom if we let her."
RE: Hedgehog. WRONG! the hedgehog (British version) was mortar launched and was CONTACT exploded. No hit, no boom. The mortar launch system was murder on a deck. The Americans were given the Hedgehog and used it through out and after WW2 into Korea, but they also developed their own version called the Mousetrap. Same weapon, but rocket launched. (Note: in WW2 film you can tell one from the other because the Mousetrap has fire coming out of the tail.) In both cases explosions were by contact. This was better than depth charges because if you had a bang, then you knew you had a hit.
Yes, I completely misspoke there. I made a correction in the description.
I remember they have a Stuka bomber hanging in the museum too. Very cool.
We've got the U2540 Wilhelm Bauer in our city, it's still in the water. It's closed from the middle of November until the middle of March. We've been there, it's awesome. She's only a small u-boot, but she was sent to the bottom and after a few years she was taken out again. If you Google the number or name you will find English information too.
Pretty awesome!! Thanks for showing us this amazing piece of history!! Keep it up!
Josh Hilliard - Thanks! We really enjoyed it there. TONS of stuff to see and do.
Later they attatched their new "Schnorkel" device and even tho they left a visible trail on the surface, the diesels could be ran underwater just fine...
That American crew in the photo, most are just kids, man. The greatest generation
Hard to believe, isn’t it?
Here I am turning 30 in a month and I'm still at my parents house.
Wow Really lucky to have such a cool piece of history to see and learn from... really amazing museum!!
U-Boats has the highest mortality rates of any service in WWII...
Interestingly the large tonnage of shipping lost in 1943, the U-Boats called the Second Happy Time! (The first being earlier in the war whilst Britain established a workable convoy system!)...
It’s ‘reported’ Your then operational head Admiral Ernest King, who hated the english so much, he totally ignored all British advice regarding convoys and up-to-date British intelligence on U-Boat operations in the Atlantic. This combined with the fact that not until very late in the war before the allies developed better detection methods and full aerial combat cover for shipping lanes meant U-Boats had sizeable areas for their Wolf-pack attack strategy. Arguably resulting in the loss of much more British & American lives than needed to be and almost crippling the western front! A stunningly incompetent act from a normally excellent serviceman!
And btw... For anyone reading, It wasn’t the Americans that captured an Enigma machine! Hollywood still doesn’t believe you’ll watch anything that isn’t Americanised!
I grew up in Chicago, and went on the U-505 several times as a kid, back when it sat outside behind the museum. I loved going to both the Museum of Science and Industry as well as the Field Museum, often on school field trips. Would love to visit both museums again some time, thanks for making this video..
I live just North of Chicago. I remember touring through the U505 when it was outside on the East side of the museum. Have been meaning to get there. Thanks for sharing!
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Great, story, forced to the surface by one of our DDs they set explosives but didn't start the timers. We went inside it and shut them down. Towed it back to port. They got the enigma machine too, as well as the codes and cyphers.
I had to cancel a trip to Chicago,the U-505 was on my list of things to see thank you showing the sub !
U 505 - I saw it before the new structure. The new bit is better than what I saw.
Worked right around the corner from that at UofC for 15 years, got to drive by every day and watch the progress as they built the underground. We all went down there the day they moved it in all down 57th street around LSD, what a sight that was.
I’ll bet!
Ahhh, my old stomping ground! Living in the suburbs of Chicago most of my life I visited this exhibit countless times. Although, back in the day this boat was outside and getting damaged due to the decades of the outdoor elements. This new exhibit is amazing and you get a much better look at this historical treasure! Side trivia: the re-enactment video on a screen near the bow showing how it was captured were fellow WWII re-enactor friends of mine. :)
Very cool to see you were able to make it to Chicago!
Very cool! I have to check this one out some time. Finally a reason to go to Chicago. :)
As a kid i did some school trips to see the Wilhelm Bauer in Bremerhaven and the U-Boat in Laboe (near Kiel), but i did not fully appreciate it at the time. Perhaps i make it back to Germany some day and revisit those.
Thanks for the great video on the U-505. I have grown in Chicagoland area and never knew the history of the museum building. I like how u read up on the what you’re planning on capturing on video before hand. You’re like this “ultimate tour guide” A friend of mine told me while they moved it from the old outside location to the renovated inside, a boobytrap was discovered in the machinery space. Possibly to scuttle the vessel, by one of the boarding crew inadvertently turning a valve. Thanks! 👍👍😁🇺🇸
The dad of my good friend growing up was on the boarding party that captured U 505. He can be seen in the documentary film they show at the museum. When we were kids snd he told us his dad captured a German submarine we called him a liar. I went to the museum 40 years later and was shocked to see he was telling the truth.
Wow!
I have pictures I took with my Baby Brownine Special Camera of the U505 going across the highway to the Museum. One of the high points in my life. I can remember on my first trip in the U505 was how holes were just cut into the side for entry. To go through you had to pass going via the round hatches. My dad was interested in the U505 due to his job. He worked at the US Naval Ordinance Plant in Forest Park, where they made torpedoes. After the war they had open houses at the plant. I still have some of the little torpedoes They gave out, 1 1/2 inches long.
Odd thing is that Captain Gallery was almost court marshalled for his actions. After boarding and obtaining the Enigma machines and code books he was ordered to sink it. Instead he took it in tow. The reason was it was a few days before D-day and the code-breakers at Bletchly Park in England were breaking the naval codes everyday and did not want to risk the Germans changing their codes if they found out a U-boat had been captured.
Very enlightening video. You learn something new every day. I know I did. It a shame that the younger generation doesn't care about history.
My dad had 5 friends from his senior class who were merchant sailors on Liberty and Victory ships. 4 never returned.Got to see and board a couple when they were mothballed in the 60's on the Hudson River off Tompkins Cove, Rockland County NY.
A very wicked interesting video - thank you. I was a Anti-sub warfare sailor for the Canadian Navy. Petty Officer 1st Class (Ret)
I believe the Royal Navy had developed an effective way to hunt UBoats later in the war, meaning they became less effective.
Not until the United States unofficially and then officially entered the war did the u-boat crisis start to abate when the United States industrial might got rolling so that convoys could be protected from the US coast all the way to England or Russia
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At 07:17 .... Hedgehogs had a contact detonator, not a hydrostatic pistol like a depth charge. This was one of several advantages it had over depth charges. If you launch a pattern and there's no explosion then you missed. If there was an explosion then the sub was usually sunk, not very many subs survived a hedgehog hit.
The sub used to be displayed outside. I went through the sub several times as a kid in the 70’s.
The Battle of the Atlantic is quite big over here in the U.K.!
Interesting. It gets overlooked on this side.
Absolutely awesome video. Loads of cool stuff to show there. Thanks for sharing :)
Thanks! Appreciate that. It's definitely a cool place.
Last time I was there no pics or video were allowed. I completely ignored that. The only reason I've come across for this is that the U505 is supposed to be haunted and the museum frowns on paranormal research and doesn't want a bunch of ghost hunters descending on the boat. A former captain offed himself which is supposedly the reason for the haunting.
Isn’t there also a U-boat in Cleveland? Good video. The other side of the story is the great loss of life and shipping in our Merchant Marine. The men of the Merchant Marine were the real heros of the day getting needed supplies to England and the Allies.
For your channel you need to cover the story of Flt. Lt. Leonard Trigg V.C.. The only recipient of the V.C. awarded on the word of the enemy. Flt. Lt. was a New Zealander who was flying with the RAF and was killed in action along with his crew whilst attacking a German U-Boat during the Battle of the Atlantic. His is honoured on the Memorial wall at the Auckland War Memorial and also at the RNZAF Museum at Wigram, Christchurch, N.Z.
Interesting. Thanks for putting that on my radar.
If you have the opportunity to travel to germany, visit the uboot in Kiel, northern germany.
I would love that!
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Made me want to shout Alaaarm from the amazing film Das Boot.
When you next get to visit the UK Bletchley Park and the British WW2 submarine HMS Alliance at Portsmouth are both well worth a visit.
You are a very lucky chap to visit this wonderful exhibit thanks again for sharing.
Oh the list. Thanks!
My fathers ship the USS Block Island was sunk by a German U-Boat during the war and has the distinction of being the only US Aircraft Carrier to be sunk in the Atlantic Ocean during WW 2.