The First Warship Captured by the US in 122 Years
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- Опубликовано: 14 окт 2024
- By some calculations, it had not been since the War of 1812 that the United States military had such a unique opportunity fall into its lap. Nearly 122 years after that conflict, at 11:09 on the 4th of June, 1944, the American hunter-killer Task Group 22.3 made contact with the German submarine U-505 near Cape Verde in the middle of the Atlantic Ocean. Following a brief skirmish in which the U-boat took fire from torpedoes, depth charges, and hedgehog mortars, the badly-damaged German vessel was forced to surface. The German crew took orders from their captain to abandon and scuttle U-505, but in the confusion that followed, it seemed that not all of the correct valves had been opened to totally flood the submarine. Instead, U-505 spun in a slow circle on the surface as its engine continued running and its rudder stuck in a deflected position.
The sailors of TG 22.3 quickly recognized the possibility of recovering secret documents and codes, and they boarded the German U-boat to seize whatever could get their hands on. Once in control of U-505, the Americans further realized that it wasn’t going to sink after all. Instead, they would claim a prize that had not been won in over a century and would tow the enemy submarine back to Bermuda. The feat, the capture of an enemy warship, would allow the United States to analyze the cryptic Enigma machines onboard and gain valuable intelligence that would bring the end of World War II one step closer...
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Thumbnail is actually U-858... the first enemy ship to surrender to the United States forces following the defeat of Germany in World War II. I searched, but I couldn't find any color photos of U-505. Let me know if you know of any! I actually wanted to use an image of a "German" flag and the US flag together over U-505, but that imagery is frowned-upon here, even in historical context.
That must have been an interesting phonecall.
"Hello, Germany, you wouldn't happen to have u-boat parts laying about?"
Yes why?
Well during WWII we captured u-505 and we will put it in a museum and we need to refurbish it
Ok we will give you them for free if you give us credit for the submarines tecnology (joke)
@@andreaskavak2364 Technology and craftsmanship. I'm sure those machinists gave their _very best_ work, knowing those parts would be on display, representing Germany for centuries to come.
Apparently a letter arrived from Germany that went something like this:
“Greetings. We are very sorry that you have our submarine. But since it appears you won’t be returning it, we want it to be the finest example of German ingenuity.”
@@interstellarsurfer yes indeed
Yes lots of them, scattered all over the Atlantic.
For those interested, I heavily recommend you read *Steel Boat Iron Hearts: A U-boat Crewman's Life Aboard U-505* by Hans Goebeler. He served on every patrol on her and was the last crew man out of the U-Boat.
Cool
Good man. 👌
Sick man !
With all the sabotaged equipment on board I might of been a little scared to be out to sea in that thing. Lol
Jermster_91 ...the spoils of war... I am glad the Navy decided to keep the U Boat, instead of sending her to the bottom of the ocean... would like to see her in person... and I will look for the book you mentioned... thank you...
I saw the U-505 in Chicago in 1965. The submarine's interior was used as the model for the sets in the movie "Das Boot".
Ice Flake I too saw it 1965 when I was 8. It and the museum left a lasting impression on me. As did the Henry Ford museum in Detroit.
I actually recently saw it a few years ago and it absolutely blew my mind
Man, Ice 9 and terry are both older than me, just by a little bit, LOL. I saw it in about 1970, when I was 10. Cub scout trip from Milwaukee. Of course with my luck our bus got into in accident in downtown Chicago. Woman opened her door and the bus took it clean off. Glad it was after the tour of the museum.
I can't tell you the year that I saw it; though, it would have been between closer to 1970 when I would have been 12 or 13. We frequented the Museum of Science and Industry, but the U-Boat was a special treat.
I saw it in 75 and later was proud to serve on US diesel and nuclear submarines.
DBF.... Diesel Boats Forever.
The reason the 2nd commander Tzeck didn't return is that he shot himself on the head DURING the American depth charge attack. He left the main control room, went into his tiny sleeping area, pulled out a pistol and shot himself. I have been on U505 at least 20 times, and talked to a couple of the surviving crew members who were still alive years ago. The said the second commander was unfortunately a very ineffective leader.
Apparently his predecessor, wasn’t either
Source: dude trust me
Toastmaster124 _
Says the toastmaster asking for sources in RUclips comments.
Life must be real frustrating for ya huh?
Lockbar ...very unfortunate being assigned to the U-505...
@@courier7 Yeah cause interesting thinks just dont happen right?
Dark Docs/Your other channels never fail to amaze me. From the history to the production quality. One of the best channels on all of YT. Id love to see what you'd do with a full length doc of any kind one day. Ive been here since the early days of Dark 5 and watching you progress has been a lot of fun. Gonna have to support you through Patreon or something. Thanks for all your hard work, man.
If only they were longer !
Dark Docs has taught me more history than any years of schooling.
So true lol
Are you able to read?
That's ignorance for you!
Same, my social studies teacher said that all rivers except the nile flow north, and it is compass direction that afflects water flowing
@A Peasant What an ignorant statement.
U-505 had a roaring start, a terrible midlife crisis, and a great retirement. /respect
For some reason that comment made me bust out laughing. I can feel it. Although wounded in battle it still made it back. It could have been at the bottom of the ocean. Lucky hunk of junk!
@@darrellcook8253 it's a well built lucky hunk of junk lol.
@@roguegen5536 That too lol
Darrell Cook That’s because the captain would return to port for something as simple as a missing screw.
I would say it now has a great retirement after being restored and moved inside. It was kind of left outside exposed to acid rain, not repainted, and subject to Chicago winters for several decades. Now you can actually stand next to it and even touch the hull. Before you could only go inside of it and view it from the windows outside the space center.
"Once in control of the U-505, the Americans further realized it wasn't going to sink after all"
Um, actually, Zenon Lukosius (a member of the US boarding team) closed the sea strainer on the U505 and stopped the intentional sinking. The Americans didn't "realize" it wasn't going to sink, a brave US sailor purposely STOPPED the sinking and made sure it stayed afloat.
This was covered later in the video...
"Once in Control of the U-Boat"
That line already explains everything of what you have sead...
Technically.
Closing the sea port that was going to sink the submarine would be then realizing that the sub wasn’t going to sink after all ...
And the sailor received nothing for this while the captain received the Medal of Honor? What did he do to deserve the MOH?
Thanks for clearing up that CNN-style fake "narrative"! Fake info(and fake news) should be called out and exposed quickly!
I got to visit this in the museum of Science and Industry in Chicago. It was super cool to see!
My family almost literally needs to drag me out of that exhibit
Love to see it, lucky it survived the war!
Me too! Amazing tour, definitely worth it!
Hell yeah, I wanna see a uboat, thank your for this info
I touched EVERY BUTTON
I toured this boat many times as a child at the museum. Learned a lot at that place. It's the best museum in Chicago. Probably take more than a couple of days just to explore it all...
I am 27 and have been going there since I was an infant I still find new things every time I go
Aftet all they went through, I think it must've been a relief for the crewmembers to finally leave that accursed sub.
Not exactly accursed. Most wartime submarines are destined to forever rest in the depths. She had something else in mind. 👍
@@interstellarsurfer True, roughly 80% of U-Boats in WW2 got sunk one way or another, and 75% of the men sailing them never came back. This makes it the record holder in military history when it comes to either being suicidally brave or just plain stupid. Apparently they were quite aware of their slim chances of survival, but with bombs raining on Germany like raindrops, they just crawled in their Iron Coffins and sailed out. They were told they tied down enemy Bombers that might otherwise be used against German cities (in the latter stages of the war) and apparently that was enough.
"Das ist dat! You can HAF it!!"
It was those Damn French! Poor quality slave labour.
@@JeanLucCaptain Technically seen it wasn´t slave labour they used on the French docks, they just employed the regular specialists etc in a contract that left them very little choice... But still, not slave labour. But the production of U-Boats in Germany however, about 50.000 either were forced labor or plain out slaves (it´s unclear to me which they were there?). The big difference being they still got payed on the docks, but ofc a lot of French by 1944 were involved to one degree or another in resistance activity. Either passively, by poor maintaining of the U-Boats to active sabotage of torpedoes and equipment installed right before sailing out.
Great documentary! I knew how the 505 was captured; but, I didn't know about her earlier combat tours and history. I have actually been aboard the 505. She is at the Museum Of Science And Industry in Chicago Illinois. She is a beautiful and sleek vessel and well worth the visit. She used to sit outside but now has a building around her. I am really glad that she has been so well preserved. She is a marvelous example of German precision engineering and an important part of the history of the world.
I Wish Germany had managed to secure the Ceasefire A.H. was hoping to get from Britain during the Lull that has been called the "Miracle at Dunkirk" though that was Not the case as A.H. tried to convince Churchill to rescind the British Declaration of War between May 27th - June 4th 1940 and with his promise to pull All German Forces from France had his offer been accepted, but it was Denied by Churchill and UnConditional Surrender of Germany was the Only return reply as the Rothschild Owners and Operators of G. Britain since the Battle of Waterloo in 1815 had made Churchill, the Traitor to Western Civilization as was FDR, demand because they wanted Full Scale World War, a secret that has been hidden for over 80 years.
A. H. then ordered a Full scale attack on the evacuating British and French Forces which were almost 400,000 but Most had already escaped across the Channel. A. H. did Not want War with Britain and tried to persuade Churchill to reconsider but that did Not happen, so WW 2 continued till FDR threw America into the War which guaranteed Germany's Defeat just as it had in WW 1.
Seeing the shape of Our Western Countries today thanks to the Zionists who were the Only Winners of WW 2 as was their Communists, I sincerely Wish Germany had Won the War, Western Civilization would be a Much Better place if they had as Germany was Really the Last Christian Crusaders for Western Civilization knowing the Zionist Enemy's Plans for "Their" NWO and One World Government now on it's way because of the Zionist Enemies Takeover of Our Countries. We were ALL Lied to and are paying the price for it now. I Wish Uncle Adolph and his Brave Crusaders were here to Save us now.....
Great story. For former crew members having your old boat available to show to wife and friends is really awesome. My boat, the USS Growler (SSG-577) which was decommissioned in 1964 is tied up next to the carrier Intrepid in New York on the Hudson river. Our boat had a different mission but was able to relate to the moral on board U-505. War sucks.
I'm glad she is still here as a memorial.
Lest we forget
My friend Jim and I visited this submarine back in 1967 during the summer.
I remember how crowded the machinery was.
The museum was many and family visited.
I even visited a maritime museum in Portugal while in the US Navy.
The Eisenhower CVN-69 and a destroyer DDG-13 HOEL were my two ships in my 20 years.
I am Vietnam veteran.
Father was in the Navy. An aircraft traffic controlmam Sr. Chief.
He seemed in WW2.
The navy is still in my prayers as all military. That fewer wars will need to be fought.
Great new information on U-505.
Thanks.
@@danielstorms6881 Thank you to you and your family for your service and sacrifice. I have never served but I try to understand that being at home or overseas is difficult for everyone.
One of my parents is from the Philippines, and I truly believe that if it wasn't for those that served I would not exist.
Thank you
@@danielstorms6881 hey one of my dads friends was a nuke on the Eisenhower!
Yeah, too many ships that earned being preserved have been lost to scrapping, like the Enterprise (CV-6), and USS Washington.
The U-boat exhibit in Chicago is something I definitely recommend. You don't realize how tight the space is until you see it for yourself.
It still stinks of old hydraulic fluid and diesel. Must have been hell serving on one of those things.
Or serve on a submarine.
@@natjonestower3035
Hell? Haha! Hell is quite so awful.
Saw it in 1969 when I was a little kid.
I went there my god I had no idea U boats were that big
My father was assigned to the 505 when it was brought into Bermuda. The boat had almost no damage. The crew was sent to a Canadian prison camp. The Germans and crew families did not know they survived until the war ended. This was a whole other part of the story never documented.
THANK YOU!!!
I wondered what was done with the crew.
Yes, their family’s were not notified because if they were, the SS would have known we captured one of the U-505 along with it’s enigma machine. Meanwhile back at the ranch, we already had the enigma machine secretly cracked before this incident even happened. No one really knows about this fact, Thanks for your comment, I learned more about where the crew went, I had no idea they went to a labor camp in Canada, filled in another piece of the puzzle !
Were the POW crew used as laborers for the wheat crop or to man the ice cream machines along the Great Lakes beach resorts?
From my understanding, while the POWs were treated well. They were kept separated from the others until the War was over.
Not the first Enigma machine captured from the Kriegsmarine. Two were seized by the Royal navy in 1941, and 1942, from other U-boats. Those boats were U-110 and U-559, respectively.
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/German_submarine_U-110_(1940)
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/German_submarine_U-559
The Americans like to think they did everything first!!!
No, it was stated that it was the first American captured Enigma machine, not the first ever. That, of course, goes to the previous captures of the two U-Boats mentioned.
Came to the comments hoping someone had already pointed that put. Thank you.
Merica always trying to claim they found and cracked the enigma lol
@@RuckusRugs They did crack the enigma code. They used copies of the British Colossus stored program computer that they had recieved the designs for from tje Brits.
@@andrewallen9993I think the Polish broke enigma first, then when Poland fell they moved to the UK and the British helped refine the process. I'd heard of the US cracking Japanese codes, but not much in relation to Germany.
I am glad that such an important part of WWII history is still around today.
Same. You here of all these other WW2 artefacts being destroyed or lost, it is good that such a thing was saved and is being restored
I hope it doesn't get disrespectful treatment like some of the old battleship have, The USS Massachusetts had equipment inside the turrets and other places vandalized , i was disgusted when i seen it .
Thank you. Too bad so much avation history is lost by brutal destruction. Not until it's gone forever do we miss it. Old pictures of Japanese aircraft lined up in rows that could have gone to museums. Bummer. Same with all aircraft and ships. Wasted.
Wish there was more. History is so important not to lose. Old navy ships could have the same treatment, some could be turned into a hotel/museum/casino rather than entirely tossing out that history.
I have been on board a Fletcher class US Navy destroyer in Boston a few years ago. Wish I could someday also visit the enemy down below U-505.
I worked at the museum part time while in college, in the mid 1960s. Every Demonstrator (that was our title) at the museum had to learn the submarine tour, as it was one of two extra-cost attractions that could not be short-staffed (admission to the museum was free in those years). The U-505 was managed by a U.S. ex-submariner, Dick Freitag, a great guy, who spent his later years getting the USS Silversides restored and berthed permanently in Muskegon, Michigan.
New hires (that includes me) were understandably nervous about learning to do the tour - what did we know about submarines? Plus, the Great Lakes Naval Training Base was near Chicago - what if the sailors who toured the museum laughed at us? Dick pointed out that 1) we would know much more about submarines than the general public, and 2) the trainees at Great Lakes had not been anywhere near a submarine or submarine training either, and 3) even if they had, they would know nothing about a WWII German submarine. To prove the point, newbies would be assigned to follow the best U-505 tour guide at the museum, a retired lady of age about 70 years. So, it sunk in (no pun intended), if she could do it, we could too.
When the Beatles came out with "Yellow Submarine," we changed the words slightly to "we all work on a German submarine."
The U-505 is an amazing sight if you ever come to Chicago, I would recommend taking the tour of the vessel. The building was it is in as of now was build around it.
That was my Dad's friend, Captain Dan Gallery!
Later, in the 1960s he was a Rear Admiral. After the Cuban Missile crisis he worked at GTMO Naval Station, Cuba. He was a Great guy!
For events He would have a group of guys play, lovingly known as 'Admiral Dan's Sh!t-Can Band'!
Dan Gallery was not only a great Navy Officer but a great caring man of all who served!
Y'all take Care and be safe, John
Normal School: “Let’s talk about history from cave man times”
Dark Docs: “Wanna learn about a German sub?”
When the Navy captured it, it was “the first capture of a foreign man-of-war in battle on the high seas” by the U.S. Navy since 1815.
Was the crew given prize money?
Ricky Penson no, but they were given a all expenses payed stay in a POW camp in America. That’s got to count for something
Jack Vella I meant the American crew, if a ship was captured back in 1815 the value of the captured ship would be divided among the crew.
It wasn't the first ship captured by the US since 1815, there were several captured from the Spanish, its worth googling Reina Mercedes. It was used by the US Navy until the 1950's as the USS Reina Mercedes.
@@benwilson6145 I googled Reina Mercedes and it was very interesting. Good job and thanks for the tip.
My father was a stoker on the Alphacca, a Dutch Merchant Navy vessel torpedoed by U-505. His medals etc. are in the Chicago museum. Hope to be able to visit the exhibtion one day !
www.starrenburg.eu ( about half way down or ctrl+F U505 ) gives a few links and some pictures, will update the site in the near future.
You know sinking ships is fun and all, but capturing them and laughing at our enemy is even funnier. -USN WWII.
Wow you're a real tin hero, aren't you?
Like the North Koreans are laughing at the good old USA?
USS Pueblo.
Maybe keep it shut mate.
The USS Pueblo was an unarmed spy ship with little to no cost. It wasn’t a momentous capture, just a unlucky incident.
The USS Pueblo comes to mind. Nobody was laughing Im pretty sure. Not much to smile about the history of this submarine.
I live in the suburbs of Chicago and I've seen the U-505 many times. It's mindblowing each time.
I remember as a kid seeing it outside and then being able to go on tours of it once they finished all the restorations! They even had a old crew member give us his account of living on the ship.
a german crew member? then is wasn't a real og crew member. if it was a german, kill that nazi fast!
For those interested, I heavily recommend you read Steel Boat Iron Hearts: A U-boat Crewman's Life Aboard U-505 by Hans Goebeler. He served on every patrol on her and was the last crew man out of the U-Boat.
@@oneclick880 I’ll check it out and it was definitely a original sailer!
Landing a bomb directly on a u boat first try is a pretty impressive feat.
If I remember correctly from the book, the U-505 was hit be shell fire, of course, I read the book in 1963 when I was 14 years old, I am currently 72 years old.
@@stevengrotte2987 u were born in the correct generation grandpa 😁
@@Tenohekabanzai I was born in September of 1948, I am not your Grandpa but if I were I would not admit it.
Near the beginning the boat "survived a 30 hour depth charging", then later on he says U-boats could only stay submerged for 12 hours. In fact, if drastic measures, including limiting talking were employed, they could stay under for 72 hours.
100% correct.
But only on meat free Tuesdays ya understand...
Yeah during the depth charge attacks the crew was sent to bed in order to regulate and limit the oxygen consumption in hopes of keeping the sub underwater for as long as possible before resurfacing.
Space balls: conserve air breath less LOL.
I thought he said it was a “thirty-hour hunt”. In thirty hours of depth charges, I think the concussion of at least one of the explosions would have cracked the pressure hull.
I saw it in Chicago a few years ago. Incredible display. Take a few days and see it for yourself. Worth every moment of the trip.
I first heard about this from my father-in-law, who was the weapons officer on the USS Chatelain and directed the attack which forced the U-505 to the surface. The previous April this task group attacked the U-515 and it was forces to the surface. This was what lead to the idea of being able to capture a U-boat.
As a child in Chicago, I spent a lot of time in that sub knew all about it, even more than the guide providing the your.
My mother watched the vessel being towed across Lakeshore Drive.
The updates sure look good, far better than it looked in the late 1960s!
I loved that museum, the best as far as I am concerned.
U-505 just got added to my bucket list. Cannot wait to see how it compares with the USS Albacore in Portsmouth NH. I was able to see her on a slow day and have the ship pretty much to myslef. You can even use the periscope to observe Portland Maine across the river. I highly recommend that!
You won't be disappointed!
I had the unique opportunity to actually go inside U-505 at Chicago. It was in amazing conditions. You definitely are underrated so I’m giving you a sub.
I was able to go inside the submarine just last year. It's a lot more massive than most people would think to be honest and is pretty kickass looking.
Great job, Dark Docs. You always bring us top notch history and research.
I lived outside of Chicago my whole life and went to the museum before and after it was put in its new home as a kid. It is a really amazing exhibit it is underground and decorated to look like a wet dock bunker. It is a really cool piece of history and amazing exhibit.
I researched the crew of the 505 as POW's at Camp Ruston. They were secretly moved from Bermuda about a month after the capture and secretly taken and kept at Camp Ruston for a little more than a year. I had the opportunity to interview Hans Goebeler several times in my home. He was a colorful character and shared many stories with me. His accounts as a POW were interesting.
U-505 is literally the only naval vessel used by the axis powers that is still around today, every other ship or sub used by Germany, Italy, or Japan was destroyed during or shortly after the war
RedJay Pictures there are a few other U-boats on display.
I've been inside U-505 like 8 times in my life. The new display is phenomenal.
"The pressure got to him" not sure if this was meant to be funny, but, I laughed pretty hard.
Being a resident of the Chicago area, I’m one of many that have been on that boat multiple times. This video is better than the museum’s video presentation.
I have learned more on this channel than I learned in collage.
lol - "collage"
It was a fantastic Collage!!!!
Wow ! This was a great video. It was extremely informative and interesting. Well done. Thank you.
Ahh Dark Docs. Eary, unsettling music at the end, suggestive of a conspiracy or unsolved phenomenon. The truth: U-505 successfully ended up as a museum exhibit, and manufacturers donated replacement parts for free for the public good, and it had some refurbs done lol.
THE DARK TRUTH: UNSINKABLE SAM MUST HAVE BEEN HUNTING THIS UBOAT.
Yup, I’ve seen it and been in it.
Fantastic that a significant piece of history was able to be saved so we could all enjoy it for the future, and not sunk as a target and forgotten about.
This channel should have well over a million subscribers!!! Cmon people this channel is awesome!!!
I’ve been to this exhibit at the Chicago museum of science and industry twice over the past five years. If your ever in the area, I highly recommend to go see it! It’s a VERY well done display and if you pay somewhere around fifteen dollars, you can go inside the actual U boat and be given a very in depth tour.
Let's be honest. U505's "Glory Days" were undoubtedly the days spent on display as a museum piece. She was neither a lucky nor healthy ship.
I'm impressed with the volume of following and focus you've garnered, well done to all.
Hadn't realised this was the America won the Enigma War episode...
I went and walked through this thing in the late 2000s prob 08 when I was like 7 years old, it brings back memories
Your 19 and talking about bringing back memories of 2008. Sorry makes me laugh a little.
@@Lazy_Tim You dont have to be like 60 to say something brings back memories, you can be young and still say it brings back memories
As a native of the Chicago suburbs I’ve seen it many times since I was a kid. I remember seeing it when it was outside the museum and was thrilled when they moved it inside. The current indoor exhibit is amazing and will insure it will stand the test of time
You should look into the story of the Submarine U-137! In 1981 a soviet possibly nuclear armed submarine that got stuck on a rock deep inside swedish territory near the biggest navy base in the country.
Once the swedish marine forces had discovered the submarine, a very tense situation ensued between Sweden and the Soviet union, something that can be compared to a swedish Cuban missile crisis.
Watch the movie "THE RUSSIANS ARE COMING, THE RUSSIANS ARE COMING!" A Carl Reiner movie.
It is hard to explain to anyone outside the Chicago area exactly how much the U-505 is a part of everyone's childhood memories as she is exhibited in the Chicago Museum of Science and Industry and has been for many decades. An extraordinary amount of care and effort has been expended in preserving and displaying her. When I was ten years old, Zenon B. Lukosius came to talk at our annual Cub Scout banquet. He was from my town, an usher at our church---and he was a member of the boarding party. He spoke to many civic and youth groups, showing a film of the U-Boat's capture. He always praised his comrades and the leadership that led to the capture; but was incredibly humble about his own role----he was the sailor that replaced the sea strainer cover that the German's had hastily removed to scuttle the vessel. Thirty Nine years later I still have his autograph. Mr. Lukosius passed away in 2006 but he would have certainly appreciated your presentation of the U-505's history and capture as I do. Thanks and well done Dark Docs!!!
By my calculations, 122 years after 1812 would be 1934, not 1944, so it should be 132 years ?
@Phillip Shirkey Who are you that you are not? 😂😂😂😂
he said the War of 1812, not 1812 specifically.
@Phillip Shirkley actually it was feb 1815 when it ended, so 129 years. math errors abound on RUclips lol
Came here to say this! Very awkward since they can't change it.
@Phillip Shirkey thank you for your random yet apt python reference. You sir are not covered in shit.
I've actually had the opportunity to see the U-505 in person at the museum of science and industry and it is still one of my favorite things to go see.
Holy shit, I've actually seen this sub, thays so cool to know the history
I love Dark Docs! As a history buff for WW2 this is the greatest channel on the platform!! The narrator has the perfect voice for narrating videos! I’ve always liked the fact that during WW2 The US Navy Commanders and Admirals always smoked a pipe similar to The Popeye comics but instead of using spinach and their fists to beat opponents we used good Ol American Firepower!!! 🤙🏻🇺🇸
Fact 1 :- there are more planes in the sea than there are submarines in the sky.
Fact 2 :- there are 2 types of ships , submarines and targets.
LOL
@@Zuluknob I didn't make the quote ... I wrote it as quoted from Google so blame Google lol
@zuluknob
If you’re going to be a pedantic twat, learn to use proper punctuation.
Before I even clicked, as soon as soon as I the title, "The First Warship Captured by the US in 122 Years" I immediately thought of the U-505! I have followed this U-Boat's history for as near as I can remember. My Dad first took me to see her before they built a building around her at the Museum of Science and Industry. I remember going on a tour twice in one day and telling the second guide about sea water leaking into the batteries could kill everyone on board, something the first guide made a point to mention while close to the battery compartment, my dad couldn't help but laugh. History, especially Naval history is something my dad and I connect and bond with and Submarines especially have always been something I have been particularly interested in. In fact, one of my first books was probably about the Hunley or the Titanic, I don't remember which as I got a lot of ship books back then.
I make an effort to see the U-505 every time I visit Chicago. I honestly prefer the non-scripted tours from the past as I feel it takes newer, scripted ones seem too corny and you can't get as many details as you could in the past, but still definitely a center piece of history in a really cool museum.
The eriey thing about sumvarines is how much of a dangerous reputation they have. Silent killers with no warning, no rubbing, one hit could kill you and only the water welcomes you with cold embrace.
Yet, if you were a sailor of a sub, its probably even worse. Literally no escape. No swimming to safety. No escape as you fall to the bottom of the seabed, and along with claustrophobic working conditions, it must be hell once you start getting depth charges and bombings from destroyers.
I only get weird about swamps(Blackwater, mangroves, and most creatures wanting to fight). And submarines. Subs are incredibly huge powerful amd the payload per sub, 1 sub, could deatroy a content. Im with ya. Imagine deepsea diving and seeing a gigantic sub right by you
My mother and I went to see it in Chicago. She was bawling; my grandfather who had been on a destroyer in the Atlantic for part of the war had died a few months beforehand.
Really moving experience
For a detailed version of the capture of the U505, I would recommend to those interested
the following material:
Admiral Dan Gallery: the life and wit of a Navy Original ( ISBN I-557750-337-0)
Clear the Decks (and other books by Dan Gallery)
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Brilliant work as always.
By contrast, the last US warship captured by an enemy now lies in humiliation tied to a North Korean dock as a trophy taken and kept by the subhuman Kim family of dictators...The USS Pueblo (AGER-2) has been the subject of North Korean derision for 52 years and counting, as 10 gutless US Presidents have failed to demand the return of US property...The Pueblo is now the second oldest commissioned US warship, listed only behind the USS Constitution...It was never decommissioned...One restless spirit, that of Navy Fireman Duane Hodges who was killed in action during his ship's attempt at escape, still roams the deck of the Pueblo waiting for his country's call to action in recovering his ship, and destroying his captors...Can America survive long enough to see the dawn of that day?...This veteran can only hope...
Well said, sir!
Anytime NK is brought up in the news, I think if the USS Pueblo.
Gutless Presidents hey, what would America do if someone "Demanded" the return of captured equipment from the US? All those Russian T-55/62/72s from Iraq, The Hind Mi-24 they stole from Africa etc.
Well said, 1Truckman. I still remember the day the NoKo’s illegally took the Pueblo. I also recall seeing the news vids of the crew and captain sending Morse code messages by blinking while they were beaten into stating untruths about their capture.
If you’re ever in Chicago I highly recommend visiting this exhibit. It is fantastic and it’s unimaginable just how claustrophobic the space inside one of those submarines is until you actually step inside one.
A German story, of finding a lost family.....
Finding 'Nemo'.
@Coldern Ice It was one of those scenes that was unfortunately cut out..... probably.
"Took drastic measures against himself" is one hell of a RUclips-friendly euphamism.
He knew he would be shot upon returning to port AGAIN so he saved the KREIGSMARINE some time. GOOD MAN!
When it was moved to it's new indoor location, there was quite a bit of concern that the ship could break in two. All those Chicago winters didn't do it any good.
Thank you for such a great doc on 505. I never really knew the history behind her until this video. I visited her about 50 years ago. Still remember the tour. There was one comment on the tour that stuck in my head. This was how the bunks were built for the average person of the time. I believe it was something like 5 foot 8 inches. There was one crew member that was at least 6 foot tall. Imagine how uncomfortable he was in those bunks.
I don't think he would be s submariner than.
No one can deny it - German engineering, that's all; the best out there.
Thats why my cars are German
@@00-Dima And my women!
To bad the Germans put all that Talent into the wrong places
@@daryljonesfoster4102 Strewth. There's always at least one.
no just no
I saw 505 in my youth never knowing what is truly represented. Great video as always.
80% of German submariners died at sea.
Little closer to 75% but they took the highest capsulitis of any service on the German side. On the other hand the US lost about 20% but was also the highest causality rate of any service of the US military.
Mohammed Khaled he is not saying that 20% died out of the sea lol he is saying that 80% of German submarine crew were killed during the war
And for what? What ideology drove them to the bottom? This serves as a reminder that it could rise again. (Was that a pun?) How can men sink so low? (Ouch!)
@Mohammed Khaled You missed the whole point of Robert's statement. What he was pointing out, was the extremely high mortality rate amongst submariners. That's 80 out of every 100 submariners was going to die. Only 20% of those who went on submarine duty ever came home. One of the reasons I chose the Air Force and not the Navy, who had one very generous offer. E-3 right out of basic assigned to a nuclear sub. I thought, sitting in the middle of know where and something goes wrong, I'm screwed.
@@darrellcook8253 booooooo.
I like the narrators voice. It is soothing and keeps me interested. I wish that it would not take so long to make new videos. I am totally addicted. I need a new “fix” every few days.
U-505 is at Chicago now
That's what was said in the video !
How did they get it to Chicago?
@@dunneincrewgear watch the video....
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I did! Still none the wiser...
@@dunneincrewgear Museum has film of moving sub from Lake Michigan. If memory serves, they built a ramp on the shore and hauled it on wheeled supports.
I went through it in the early 1960's when I was a kid. What impressed me most was how small it was inside, even without the crew, and decided I'd never join the Navy and did 23 years in the USAF instead.
Speaking of captured warships, how about a video on the USS Pablo? Or the Israeli attack on the USS Liberty?
Those ships were converted auxiliary ships not warships..
Rex Hunt it doesn’t matter what type of ship they were but what happened to them and their crews
The USS Pueblo is still in the hands of the country which captured her. There is an excellent and extremely hard to find movie starring Hal Holbrooke which is a dramatization of her capture and the fate of her crew. Well worth seeing. She was a lightly armed signals intelligence ship or spy ship.
@@trajanfidelis1532 I was just letting M. Howell know they were not classified as warships..said nothing about what happened to the ships or their crews..
I toured the U-505 at the museum around 10 years ago. I never knew she got refurbished as early as last year. I should probably check it out again when I'm in the area.
is this the capture that was totally against orders that they were to SINK the ship ?
by disobeying orders, that captain sent a message to Germany that we captured the Enigma and codes.
it threatened all code breaking up if the germans changed the codes, or modified the enigma.
this capture was totally a stupid maneuver.
Just days before D-Day. This capture risked the landings and the rest of the war.
the lieutenant who boarded the ship was never given a medal for it. they waited till his death to award him a medal.
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when the enigma code was first broken, the allies allowed thousands of soldiers to be killed so that the germans did not think the codes were broken.
Exactly!! There was a lot of thought given to court martialing the admiral commanding, and USN had to severely limit the contact those crews had with anybody else - including the the USN - for the rest of the war.
Um, did the Germans aboard Text, Email or Fax the German High Command about the capture of the Submarine and the Enigma Machine, just days before D-Day?
Because the commanding admiral, Dan Gallery, knew about Ultra, Bletchley Park, bombes, and that the D-Day landings were going to be the next day?? Those were Tippy Top Secret, and a Lower Half Task Force Group commander cruising off the African coast wasn't on the Need To Know list.
Uhm, no. He knew the Navy story of how radar and Huff-Duff (High Frequency Direction Finding), could find an amazing number of U-boats. Period. He knew that he would get messages telling him where German boats, "might" be. He couldn't brag about his idea of capturing a boat by forcing it to the surface and instead of shelling it, shooting it up with small caliber guns. Who do you trust?
There are problems with TOO much security. And, Monday morning quarterbacks.
I got to see U-505 while I was at NTC Great Lakes for Gunners Mate A School in May of '05. It was simply amazing to know they brought an entire submarine to a museum like that.
oddest thing is i just finished watching u-571 last night .... strange occurrences
Strange...
Or co-incidental by design, hmmm...
oh yeah, that utter shit sub movie
What an embarrassingly inaccurate movie. Even as an American I roll my eyes at that film and a few others. The British actually captured an enigma machine several years before we did, in the U-110 capture if I remember correctly. The U-505 being captured with one is still a fantastic achievement, but I hate how it's significance is exaggerated.
If you read Admiral Gallery's account, he deliberately set out to capture a sub and trained his boarding party on how to prevent a successful scuttling by identifying and closing the flood valves.
Did anyone heard him saying "chief petty officer auto frick"
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The commander of the Task Group that captured the U-505, Daniel Gallery, was a prolific writer in his later years. He wrote navy-related humor and thrillers, and I grew up reading his stories in the 1970's. I certainly wished that I could have met him before he passed.
I’ve been in this boat !
Sweet! That must have been awesome. I'd love to be able to take a tour of something like that. Being able to have a complete tour of an old Battleship would be the ultimate.
Me too! I was really enjoying the video and when the brought up the museum I got a huge smile bnb on my face...it was around1977 or so I was around 6 or 7...I'll never forget!
I've been lucky enough to go through the U-505 tour and the USS Midway in San Diego. Both are amazing exhibits.
@@markrundquist3348 I'm not sure when you went last, but now that it's inside a building they've really made it the centerpiece it deserves to be.
I am fortunate to live in a city with a WWll sub named the USS silversides which is a functioning sub in water I have been aboard many times as the property across the street from the exhibit was once owned by my family
My dad and brother got stuck in traffic on Lake Shore Drive when they moved it across. I went thru it on field trips several times in the 50's and 60's they had a theater to watch the film before the tour. BUT THE PLANES hanging from the ceiling when you walked in was something!!
Honestly i just wish this dude would slow down when he commentates. Love the channel but cant stand how fast the commentator speaks.
I thought it was just me. Sometimes I have slow the video speed down to 0.75 😂
@Coldern Ice What do you mean by that ? Theres no reason the video couldnt be 16 minutes long and at a slightly slower pace.
Very good video. If you ever decide to add to it another interesting chapter of its history is how the crew was kept in isolation during their internment and some of their ingenious methods of trying to contact the outside world. Their families were never told they survived the battle until after the end of the war. Keep up the good work!!
I was on it once when I visited Chicago
Chicago has lots of good stuff. They even have the worlds only surviving Stuka.
Good video. I remember going inside U505 at the museum. Very interesting.
Surprised the Cancel Culture hasn't tried to sink it.
HMS Bulldog captured U110 on May 9th 1941, and in doing so boarded it and captured an intact and working Enigma machine.
However the submarine sank the next day during an attempt to tow it to the nearest base in Iceland 400 miles away.
This dude should just go ahead and narrate everything.
I have to slow it to 75% to hear him clearly he talks so freakin fast, but he makes great videos for sure.
I love this channel....i cant get enough....
I've always had the U-505 on my bucket list of museums to visit. friends of mine years ago got the chance to see her in person, and I was insanely jealous, but they did bring me back a lot of pictures. now I currently live about four hours from Chicago... seems I'll be crossing this one off my list in the next year or so!
I used to be a long haul Trucker. In AZ I bought a book on the story of U-505. I was running all over the country and rarely had time to read. I finally got to a delivery and it was gonna take a while to unload. I finished the book and on the last page was a description of what happened to the sub after the war. After traveling literally all over the country,,,,,,,I was less than a mile from where she sat.
Very good video. I learned a lot. Thanks.
I'd love to have a look around that.Many years back,in the 70's,there was a UK sub moored-up by HMS Belfast in the river Thames and for some reason the public were allowed onboard.I only have dim memories of it as could only been about 5 at the time.The one thing i do remember though is the feeling of claustraphobia.Being under attack in one must have been hell
And there you go ! Great story there Dark Doc I'm from Chicago and have seen this sub for years and years at the museum of science and industry.
My favorite exhibit at the Museum of Science and Industry in Chicago. If it is still there (i don't know where else they'd put it) I would recommend seeing it in person.