Life Inside a WWII Type IXC Submarine (Cross Section)

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  • Опубликовано: 24 дек 2024

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  • @Simplehistory
    @Simplehistory  Год назад +111

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  • @erickam6733
    @erickam6733 Год назад +488

    I've seen the U505 up close and personal at the museum, it really is a tight fit! There are also so many knobs and levers that operated the submarine that i didn't even know what to do with! Truly a fascinating part of history and a great link to the past and a part of the Second World War that isn't talked about much.

    • @IvanPlayyz
      @IvanPlayyz Год назад +6

      I was in it

    • @Plugneedsahug
      @Plugneedsahug Год назад +8

      @@IvanPlayyz chicago?

    • @IvanPlayyz
      @IvanPlayyz Год назад +2

      @@Plugneedsahug yes and the U505

    • @Kelnx
      @Kelnx Год назад +10

      I've been in a couple of those old boats, including American variants, and yeah it's really tight. I served on a more modern 688 class, which I wouldn't consider "luxury" by any means, but definitely night and day difference compared to the old U boats and WWII US subs. While the "everything smelling like diesel/lube oil", hot racking/bunking, and cans of food shoved everywhere were still things on a modern nuclear sub, we at least had showers. Tiny ones and you got like 5 minutes to use it, but we at least had them. Without that and enough space to stow like a mid-size suitcase worth of clothes items, it would have been pretty hellish after a month.

    • @grontelp77
      @grontelp77 Год назад +4

      It’s a fantastic exhibit!

  • @rongendron8705
    @rongendron8705 Год назад +205

    I went on the U505 in a Chicago museum, about 20 years ago & was fortunate to have a
    former WWII, U-Boat sailor going through the tour, with me! He said the Commander of the
    505 was his boat's Exec-Officer, when he served! His description of "life on U-boats", was
    way more informative than the museum's guide! Cramped quarters would be an understatement!

    • @carlsaganlives6086
      @carlsaganlives6086 Год назад +13

      Wow, sounds like you met the '505 Ambassador' a friendly ghost who enjoys joining the tour from time to time, reminiscing. Happy to be "living" along the lake in Chicago now, by all accounts. Polar opposite of those scary clowns or creepy skeletons. ⚓

    • @robtankbuster5215
      @robtankbuster5215 Год назад +1

      Amazing story!

    • @minotaurei
      @minotaurei Год назад +4

      Hans Goebler. His book is called Steel Boats Iron Hearts. Very good book.

    • @starzkream
      @starzkream Год назад +4

      I just recently visited the U-505. It is amazing. For anybody who ever visits Chicago, it is a must-see.

    • @malcomx1924
      @malcomx1924 Год назад +3

      @@starzkreamwho wants to visit Chicago anymore? BIxck ppI claimed/ruined the city. My old highschool used to go there on field trips when I was younger, but I heard they canceled it due to how dangerous it is.

  • @cha5
    @cha5 Год назад +339

    Das Boot is the essential submarine movie.

    • @scottanno8861
      @scottanno8861 Год назад +6

      ERIKA

    • @WessyD123
      @WessyD123 Год назад +9

      yea, Run Silent Run Deep was pretty good too

    • @waschte123
      @waschte123 Год назад +25

      But the original, not the remake

    • @cha5
      @cha5 Год назад +3

      @@waschte123 Yes of course. 😂

    • @carlsaganlives6086
      @carlsaganlives6086 Год назад +4

      Essential movie, period. But yeah, not the one starring Kelsey Grammar.

  • @maxjendri4677
    @maxjendri4677 Год назад +1572

    Never saw your Face lol

    • @jonnytaylor5822
      @jonnytaylor5822 Год назад +111

      Whoaaa lol not what I expected

    • @micahdadbeh5955
      @micahdadbeh5955 Год назад

      @@jonnytaylor5822 look up Chris Kane. That’s the guy’s channel.

    • @augustuswayne9676
      @augustuswayne9676 Год назад +69

      Me either . Not what I expected.

    • @adampatino5372
      @adampatino5372 Год назад +44

      Me neither. I regret it

    • @Macadamia923
      @Macadamia923 Год назад +45

      Kinda expected a tall, dark and handsome. Oh well.

  • @oatmeal0
    @oatmeal0 Год назад +87

    Love how much the animation has improved on this channel.

  • @elitely6748
    @elitely6748 Год назад +190

    Man I love cross sections for vehicles, machines anything! Great video as always Simple History!

  • @Yotarian
    @Yotarian Год назад +184

    Brings me back to when I used to have all those cross section books. Had castles, boats, heavy construction, the space shuttle, etc. It was so cool to see inside them.

    • @aceous99
      @aceous99 Год назад +9

      those books are the best

    • @danvondrasek
      @danvondrasek Год назад +6

      I love those books, even in my 30s. Always fun finding "the pooper".

    • @MKJ23
      @MKJ23 Год назад +1

      Spot on was just thinking bout that

    • @neutralino1905
      @neutralino1905 Год назад

      Stephen Biesty is awesome.

    • @shammy8703
      @shammy8703 Год назад

      and no ads in the middle....

  • @shadow_7355
    @shadow_7355 Год назад +58

    The most unexpected face reveal in history

  • @bubbalo3388
    @bubbalo3388 Год назад +15

    I toured the Battleship Missouri and submarine Bowfin in Oahu. The Missouri was an amazing experience to see, but the Bowifn I felt was the most amazing. The Missouri was kind of what I imagined it would be. The Bowfin on the other hand made me rethink how cramped I imagined it would be. I imagined space would be tight, but not that tight. It was very interesting and eye opening to imagine being crammed into such a tiny space with others for so long. And it was eerie thinking being so confined underwater and being hunted. It's a coffin. You just can't abandon ship. Every fear one can imagine of dying from is all there.
    Great respect for people who served on submarines during the war.

    • @ronjones9447
      @ronjones9447 Год назад

      The American subs are Cadillacs compared to German subs

  • @MyLateralThawts
    @MyLateralThawts Год назад +46

    Excellent video. I believe I’m not the only one who would like to see a follow up video covering the Type XXI U-Boot.

  • @germanperp651
    @germanperp651 Год назад +81

    I was in the U505 in Chicago 6 years ago. They toed the sub through the greate lakes and had a huge system to essentially roll the sub and lower it into the new addition of the museum, then built the ceiling over it. They also had to cut the top of the conning tower off so it would fit the new space. It is also extremely cramped inside. Much more than the video can explain. I honestly have no idea how 50 sailors could work in those cramped conditions. I would develop claustrophobia pretty quickly.

    • @aceous99
      @aceous99 Год назад +13

      and nobody could bathe for 3 months... I wouldn't last a week inside.

    • @carlsaganlives6086
      @carlsaganlives6086 Год назад +2

      ....and no Prozac.

    • @trainliker100
      @trainliker100 Год назад +4

      Actually, in 1954, after getting it through the Great Lakes, it was originally transported from the shore of Lake Michigan over land (across Lake Shore Drive) and displayed OUTSiDE of the museum. For many years it shared that location with the New York Central 999 steam locomotive and Chicago, Burlington & Quincy Pioneer Zephyr streamlined diesel train (both displayed inside the museum today). Also, outside was the very large Atchison, Topeka & Santa Fe 4-8-4 No. 2903 steam engine which is now at the Illinois Railway Museum. It wasn't until 2004 that, due to continuing damage from being out in the weather, they constructed the subterranean display area for the submarine. And they did a fantastic job of it.

  • @lordnugget5225
    @lordnugget5225 Год назад +42

    I’ve been in multiple submarines before and the U-505 is very tiny inside but massive on the outside it is a very cool ship and I’ve seen footage in the museum of them capturing the submarine. When I compared the U-505 to an American Gato Class the Gato was about a third larger and much more spacious.

    • @novacolonel5287
      @novacolonel5287 10 месяцев назад

      Go visit U 96 at Laboe, a Type VIIC. THAT is tiny inside.

    • @bmw_m4255
      @bmw_m4255 2 месяца назад

      Gato madre

  • @andrewmontgomery5621
    @andrewmontgomery5621 Год назад +21

    Perfect for my birthday yesterday and also a fitting tribute to the man who gave us Das Boot (The Boat) Wolfgang Petersen who passed away last year.

    • @Pgb633
      @Pgb633 Год назад

      Happy Birthday

    • @azimisyauqieabdulwahab9401
      @azimisyauqieabdulwahab9401 Год назад +1

      Another famous film including Air Force One, Troy & Poseidon (Remake version from 1972 The Poseidon Adventure)

  • @lindaoneil5085
    @lindaoneil5085 Год назад +17

    I visited the U-505 some years ago, and the best part was the simulated depth charge explosion near the hull. There was a tremendous explosion that violently shook the sub and the lights flickered. It was a sobering experience, realizing the dangers that submarine crews faced. Sinking to the bottom of the ocean and no way to get out......chilling thought.

    • @gianlucamai
      @gianlucamai Год назад +2

      Simulatore??

    • @bmw_m4255
      @bmw_m4255 2 месяца назад

      Did they flood the vess3l and waterboard you too ?

    • @lindaoneil5085
      @lindaoneil5085 2 месяца назад

      @@bmw_m4255 Get lost, troll.

  • @Someonethatyouysedtoknowlol
    @Someonethatyouysedtoknowlol Год назад +10

    The Legend finally showed us his face

  • @Daniel_McDonald
    @Daniel_McDonald Год назад +7

    Man, World of Warships really takes us back to the good old days of fighting wars from behind our computers.

  • @cxrive
    @cxrive Год назад +14

    Never seen your face, but seen almost all your content, keep it up as I learn more history!

  • @cannonball666
    @cannonball666 Год назад +8

    "Do you know how to operate an enigma?"
    "Ja, bend over"
    "Mein Gott, I said enigma not enema!"

  • @travishabursky4362
    @travishabursky4362 Год назад +18

    I’ve been in that boat multiple times in my life, such a beautiful vessel.

  • @alexanderleach3365
    @alexanderleach3365 Год назад +5

    I saw U-505 in Chicago. She's a marvelous U-boat. THe first enemy ship captured by the US Navy since the War of 1812.

  • @louisavondart9178
    @louisavondart9178 Год назад +9

    No Uboots had refrigerators. The type XX1 did have a freezer. If you want to see one of those engineering marvels, visit Bremerhaven. It's museum ship called the Wilhelm Bauer.

  • @evansnyder430
    @evansnyder430 Год назад +7

    This was the first I'd seen SH's face. I always knew there was a catch for these being such good videos. He had to give up his ginger sole to create such glorious content!

  • @FinlayDaG33k
    @FinlayDaG33k Год назад +8

    3:47 Knowing that most U-Boats after 1941 used the G7e(TIII) fish, which weighted around 1500kg a pop, those sailors just "casually" lifing that torpedo must have been absolutely jacked and/or high on pervitin.

    • @therealspeedwagon1451
      @therealspeedwagon1451 Год назад

      And probably on other steroids and drugs if they’re jacked enough to lift a 1500kg torpedo.

    • @catalinbadalan4463
      @catalinbadalan4463 Месяц назад

      "zis iz mein veapon, ziz iz mein gunn." (pair of German sailors, probably..)

  • @lauraveretenikoff8271
    @lauraveretenikoff8271 Год назад +13

    I went there in Chicago and saw the U-505. I took the tour through it. I really enjoyed the tour and the exhibit. So much to learn. Thanks for posting this. Great video 👍

  • @danvondrasek
    @danvondrasek Год назад +1

    I've been in U505 about 100 times growing up. Single handedly spawned my love of military vehicles and navy ships.

  • @average_joe8905
    @average_joe8905 Год назад +6

    U-505 has been on my visit list for quite sometime, but haven't been able to make it to Chicago for long enough to see her.

  • @kbzworld
    @kbzworld Год назад +2

    Literally my favorite of any visit to the museum of science and industry in chicago is seeing the U505

  • @smtoonturkce
    @smtoonturkce Год назад +5

    *Being inside WW2 submarine was often times a straight death sentence*

  • @modelermark172
    @modelermark172 Год назад +3

    The first thing that came to mind when I saw the thumbnail was that in the mid-1970's, the Revell Plastic Model Kit Company released a 1/125 scale model of the U-47 (though this was a Type VII) with a detailed, cutaway interior including figures. This is an impressive kit that's still available today. Seeing this brought back plenty of memories of building that model. Thanks for sharing this!

    • @abbcc5996
      @abbcc5996 Год назад +1

      back then ww2 was a recent memory to many. crazy to think about

    • @modelermark172
      @modelermark172 Год назад

      @@abbcc5996 WW2 is still the most popular modeling subject; at least for those of us "of a certain age." At my local hobby shop, the old timers are in the isles with the planes, ships, armor, and car kits. The few customers under 20 are usually in the Gundam isle.

  • @jano867
    @jano867 Год назад +3

    I literally just toured u-505 yesterday, amazing timing

  • @NotaCoolguy1246
    @NotaCoolguy1246 Год назад +4

    These are my favorite types of videos!

  • @Mike0193Azul
    @Mike0193Azul 6 месяцев назад +2

    The museum of science and industry is fantastic

  • @quantumx9729
    @quantumx9729 Год назад +3

    Ah yes the AA FlaK cannon, truly a masterpiece
    "Anti air flight defence cannon cannon" has got to be one of my favourite terms when it comes to weaponry

  • @matthewmoran5297
    @matthewmoran5297 Год назад

    The Musuem of Science and Industry is one of the reasons why I love living close to Chicago. Exhibits like the Pioneer Zephyr, the _Great Train Story_ , and the space center are all fine, but it's the U-505 that keeps me coming back.

  • @michaelmorrigan614
    @michaelmorrigan614 2 месяца назад +3

    I cant wait until the "Uboat" developers finish the Type IX DLC. Patrolling off the east coast of America will be exciting, and give the Brits a much needed break from my escapades 😊

  • @drjohnwarren12
    @drjohnwarren12 Год назад +13

    Dan Gallery was a friend of mine and occasionally visited him at his home, Avast Heaving, in Northern Virginia. One of his favorite stories was how nervous it made him to tow the U-505 all the way across the Atlantic behind his aircraft carrier. He was well aware that the torpedo tubes were loaded and that the ship had a number of curious aboard who might be tempted to play with the various knobs and levers. He held that he didn't get any sleep during the entire trip from off the coast of Africa to Bermuda

    • @PeterFendel
      @PeterFendel Год назад

      🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣

    • @guodzillakaiju5683
      @guodzillakaiju5683 Год назад

      My uncle was mentored by Capt. Gallery during officer's training in the Navy.

  • @luisarciniega5387
    @luisarciniega5387 Год назад +1

    U-505 was my 1965 high school history term paper. I saw 505 in 1995 in Chicago. I was not aware of the dimensions nor its capacities until today. My history teacher emphasised over time we would always add to our papers.Thanks

  • @adammetzger4182
    @adammetzger4182 Год назад +7

    Thank you for covering the u 505! Probably my favorite museum exhibit

  • @nicholasmoore2590
    @nicholasmoore2590 Год назад +2

    I've visited u-534 at Birkenhead a couple of times. She has been cut into sections but not restored inside, although she's in pretty good shape. The ends of the sections are glassed to keep her weatherproof. u-570, a Type VIIC, was captured by the Royal Navy and was then put into service by her captors as HMS Graph in August 1941. She served until grounding during a storm in March 1944, finally being scrapped in 1960.

  • @alexhulsebos5401
    @alexhulsebos5401 Год назад +3

    5:03 I believe this is a Raiders of the Lost Ark reference. If it is one, then I love the inclusion!

  • @katsarelas1947
    @katsarelas1947 Год назад +1

    Oh, that’s what it’s called? We did hot bunking for county workers drafted to work during Hurricane Ian. We’re actually not sure who’s bunk was being re-used, the schedule was kinda hectic sooo sometimes you came from a 12 hour shift and a random dude is in your bunk, sometimes your stuff was completely untouched and nobody was assigned your bed.

  • @cannonball666
    @cannonball666 Год назад +2

    "This food sucks. Can we order pizza?"
    "Nein, der Italians don't have an enigma"

  • @NotReallyRussel
    @NotReallyRussel Год назад +1

    Cross Sections are now my new favorite from this channel. We can may be to other Cross-Section videos

  • @crazyeen1564
    @crazyeen1564 Год назад +8

    Can you do another video like this of the Japanese I-400 Submarine?

  • @cheapolegunguy
    @cheapolegunguy Год назад +2

    I've been in the U-505 several times as a kid, always a high point at the museum.

  • @kennetth1389
    @kennetth1389 Год назад +3

    Subs,even modern ones, are some of the coolest vessels ever constructed
    That said, you would never convince me to serve on one.

  • @dorothygale5896
    @dorothygale5896 Год назад +1

    The museum of science & industry is well worth a special trip
    as are nearly all museums.

  • @AndrewPonti
    @AndrewPonti Год назад +3

    You need to do something on the U-1105 "Black Panther" sub that had experimental rubber sheathing that was tested as a stealth sub by the Germans, and later captured by the US and is now at the bottom of the Potomac here in MD. I work for a museum that will be doing a new exhibit on it!

  • @lagueuxrobert
    @lagueuxrobert Год назад

    My favorite channel. Allways delivered.

  • @NexusBreeze99
    @NexusBreeze99 Год назад +8

    Would be interesting if you’d make a comparison video for a WW1 sub!

  • @boonamai8926
    @boonamai8926 2 месяца назад +1

    A german U boat sailor said in a german documentary:"They made an excellent war machine but forgot that people have to live in there too"

  • @zachvalderrama7323
    @zachvalderrama7323 Год назад +4

    I'm watching das boot rn,
    So why not...

  • @ozymandias1758
    @ozymandias1758 Год назад

    Here at 8:22 the way the sailor eats the chocolate with zest😂I found the animations and the crunching sounds to be entertaining and soothing, I watched it over and over like a mini tiktok clip. Now I need some good chocolate..

  • @ratagris21
    @ratagris21 Год назад +3

    Remember regarding the toilet "we have to eat in order to use it!" Or something like that according to Das Boot.

  • @Harbinger37
    @Harbinger37 Год назад +2

    Damn, man. After years of seeing your persona animated with your Voice it's a shock seeing the real thing.

  • @emagunt3126
    @emagunt3126 Год назад +3

    It's insane how accurate is Das Boot.Amazing film on a tough reality

    • @JazzJaRa
      @JazzJaRa Год назад

      well for the movie the rebuild the complete inside of a Type VII/C submarine up exactly how they looked like up to the last screw. Also the actors weren't allowed to shave or go out in the sunlight. The also was an accident while filming which was kept in the movie because it looked realistic.

    • @emagunt3126
      @emagunt3126 Год назад

      @@JazzJaRa which incident?

    • @JazzJaRa
      @JazzJaRa Год назад

      @@emagunt3126 In the stormy weather one of the actors got injured. They were using water canons to simulate the stormy weather and one of the actors was hit by it and broke a few ribs. Someone shouted "Man overboard" and the regisseur thought he was acting and just said "Good idea!". The actor spend the rest of the movie in bed.

  • @agermangineer
    @agermangineer Месяц назад

    Amazing, I just read the Book „Das Boot“ and everything in this video is in line with the descriptive and technical details provided by the writer. Well done!
    And yes, the movie is excellent, but only a short excerpt of the Novel.

  • @racialconsciousness6996
    @racialconsciousness6996 Год назад +3

    I've been aboard the U-505 nearly a dozen times, down in Chicago.

  • @TCW838
    @TCW838 Год назад

    Remember seeing U505 @ the Muesum of Science & Industry and learning the story of how it was placed there during a school trip. As amazing as the sub itself is, the story of getting it back to the US, then to Chicago and finally into the Museum is actually more impressive.

  • @tdestroyer1882
    @tdestroyer1882 Год назад +6

    After this one, it would be epic for one on a Japanese submarine!

    • @robscott8296
      @robscott8296 Год назад

      Or a American one

    • @hiimryan2388
      @hiimryan2388 Год назад

      Ah the warcriminator

    • @shipsability
      @shipsability Год назад

      @@hiimryan2388 Japanese submarines sank countless of hospital ships, like the AHS Centaur. A bit funny but also sad.

    • @carlsaganlives6086
      @carlsaganlives6086 Год назад

      Maybe about those wacky single seater one-way, single-use models. Training time: 5 minutes showing you how to steer, then sayonara. Yikes!

  • @rjohnson80100
    @rjohnson80100 Год назад

    I have a museum membership to MSI. I see the sub like every other month. It is great. Im so glad it was moved in door. When I was a kid and go to the museum it was outside for decades. It was slowly falling apart outside. Now it is really restored and looking great.

  • @Shrump_92
    @Shrump_92 Год назад +7

    Fun fact, I’ve been on that submarine here in Chicago. It’s quite fascinating and really cool to look and take a tour on that submarine.

    • @SirSpinalColumn
      @SirSpinalColumn Год назад +6

      That’s not really the idea of “fun facts”

    • @carlsaganlives6086
      @carlsaganlives6086 Год назад +1

      @@SirSpinalColumn Yeah, we need proof you were there.

  • @jehb8945
    @jehb8945 Год назад +2

    As a citizen of Illinois I've been to this submarine twice in my lifetime and I also read that admiral gallery who captured it was almost court-martial because he was supposed to sink the U-boats as the code breakers in bletchley Park and U505 was captured just a few days before D-Day which would have been disastrous if the Germans had found this out

  • @ton_of_law5024
    @ton_of_law5024 Год назад +3

    At the museum of since and industry or the msi in Chicago, there is one of these that saw action in ww2 and you can take a tour of the inside

  • @samueldocski4426
    @samueldocski4426 Год назад

    I am from Chicago, loved seeing this vessel in person while attending Elementary and High School.

  • @patrickharvey158
    @patrickharvey158 Год назад +10

    The exhibit itself has changed so much in my short lifetime when I was a child and frequented the MSI the sub was outside next to the space center where the smart house now resides there was a torpedo outside the entrance and the tour of the sub was all three was to the exhibit I remember the immense project it was to bring the sub to where it now resides in its own exhibit made to look like a sub dock and it is fully immersive as well as touring the sub

  • @Livinghighandwise
    @Livinghighandwise Год назад +1

    So good.. Please keep them coming!

  • @สวัสดีโมบาย-ฤ8ท

    0:01 what the arleigh burke class destroyer doin

  • @silversurfer3202
    @silversurfer3202 Год назад

    I was able to walk through and tour the 505. It's presently at the Museum of Science and Industry, Chicago IL. It's an experience I'll never forget!!!

  • @noahboat580
    @noahboat580 Год назад +3

    Its neat how people are seeing his face now and phasing-out that little soldier boy for sponsorships. Its a lot better that way ngl

    • @danvondrasek
      @danvondrasek Год назад

      You didn't watch the whole video. He literally ends the video with that fact

  • @michaellong2661
    @michaellong2661 Год назад +1

    Interesting that I get a notification about ol U-505. As a kid, I did a sleepover on it. At the time, it was just sitting outside in the Chicago winters and summers without much in terms of ventilation. Now, the indoor display has changed dramatically and for the better. Highly recommend it (at the Museum of Science and Industry) if you're in the Chicago area. Oh and the rest of the museum is cool too.

  • @michaelbrideau6713
    @michaelbrideau6713 Год назад +7

    God bless those brave sailors and thank you for your service.

    • @asordidlobster
      @asordidlobster Год назад +3

      Are you taking about the Germans or the allied seamen?

    • @Rex-mr8bw
      @Rex-mr8bw Год назад

      @@asordidlobsterboth

    • @boostio2720
      @boostio2720 Год назад

      @@asordidlobster I assume both.

    • @Lilinator81
      @Lilinator81 Год назад +1

      @@asordidlobsteris there a difference. Brave men fighting for their homeland and dying for the greater Plans of some Elites or Politicans

  • @LordShadrach
    @LordShadrach Год назад

    We finally get to see the face behind the channel. I am proud of this channel!! One of my personal favorites.

  • @josephhelgersonjoseph6115
    @josephhelgersonjoseph6115 Год назад +4

    0:00 WTF is a Burke class destroyer doing in WW2?

    • @sargesacker2599
      @sargesacker2599 Год назад

      4:16 We can also add a WW1 vintage battleship with lattice masts to the list.

  • @Office_De_Receiver_Complaints
    @Office_De_Receiver_Complaints Год назад +1

    Makes me think of U571...An underrated movie.

  • @ZestyZaza420
    @ZestyZaza420 Год назад +3

    Could you maybe make a video of U-955 the only type VII C/41 existing to my knowledge? ❤

  • @1down4upworkshop61
    @1down4upworkshop61 11 месяцев назад

    I've been able to turn a Balao-class submarine here in Philadelphia. The Submarine Becuna (SS-319)... Was an awesome insight into what those submariners had to endure during the war ...

  • @billmuray
    @billmuray Год назад +3

    I was on a Submarine once. Its fun if you are not into the deepsea.

  • @huskaroar6869
    @huskaroar6869 Год назад +1

    Das Boot truly captured the horrors of U Boat missions

  • @averageguy1261
    @averageguy1261 Год назад +3

    Curious, how many in your production crew?

  • @michaelmccoy7986
    @michaelmccoy7986 Год назад

    As a young boy , my dad and I would go over to 57st and watch the U505 being towed from the lake across the Outerdrive to the Museum of Science and Industry. Traffic was Detoured, a trestle was built, took about a week...

  • @stevew6138
    @stevew6138 Год назад +10

    Damn it, U-505 is on display in Shitcago and I'm just a few hours away. Gotta get there one day.

  • @starzkream
    @starzkream Год назад +1

    I read about a sailor who had served on a u-boat who said that the diesel fumes were so heavily absorbed by their bodies that when on shore, for days, their sweat (and other bodily waste) smelled like diesel fuel. It would take days for the body to expel all of the fumes. Even the clothes that they wore AFTER their tour of duty would end up smelling like fuel.

  • @khoile976
    @khoile976 Год назад +3

    Not a fan of the Chicago museum’s tour of U-505. The tickets are pricy for what amounts to a 20 minute tour, the tour guides hardly know what they’re talking about beyond the notecards they’re told to memorize, and worst of all they’ve modified the ship. The floor in the petty officers bunk room for example has been torn out and replaced with a lower floor panel so that people would feel less claustrophobic. And yet the floor they should have torn out was the one in either of the the torpedo rooms so that we can actually go in there. But no, the torpedo rooms are off limits because “the panels are original”

    • @aka99
      @aka99 Год назад +1

      okay! still a cool piece of history.

    • @khoile976
      @khoile976 Год назад

      @@aka99 never said it wasn’t. I just don’t appreciate the Chicago museum of industry

    • @aka99
      @aka99 Год назад

      @@khoile976 Have you been to Laboe U-995?

  • @christianswartwood2854
    @christianswartwood2854 9 месяцев назад

    So crazy to watch this video after seeing u-505 in person in Chicago, beautifully preserved and extremely interesting ship.

  • @pabcu2507
    @pabcu2507 Год назад +4

    Hopefully the toilet doesn’t cause it to sink

  • @dennismason3740
    @dennismason3740 Год назад

    @Simple History - your animations are sheer hilarity.

  • @alecaquino4306
    @alecaquino4306 Год назад +8

    There's no point in you inserting ads in your videos. Most of us just skip over them.

    • @Warentester
      @Warentester Месяц назад +1

      He's not including it because we will purchase but because he gets money based on video views. Doesn't matter if we skip.

  • @georgelove767
    @georgelove767 Год назад +1

    I visited this boat in 1978. I am still impressed that nearly 60 men could live and work in this cramped space and not kill each other. Tough people.

    • @tomhenry897
      @tomhenry897 Год назад

      Socialist
      All for the state
      No individualism

  • @Andrewa2224
    @Andrewa2224 Год назад +3

    Face reveal 😮😮

  • @behindthespotlight7983
    @behindthespotlight7983 Год назад

    72,000 views in 10 hours. Outstanding. Here’s to one day seeing 720,000 views in 10 hours. This channel is awesome. I tweet it all the time 👏🏼👏🏼👏🏼👏🏼👏🏼👏🏼

  • @crevetta6128
    @crevetta6128 Год назад +3

    Can you please add metric measurements?

  • @JoeJ94611
    @JoeJ94611 Год назад +1

    A U-Boat commander wrote about visiting a crewman tried to commit suicide on leave rather than returning to duty on a U-Boat.

    • @Stormoak
      @Stormoak Месяц назад

      Nearly 40000 German Sailors served in the U-Boat Fleet. Over 30000 died. No other Branch of the Wehrmacht had this casualty rate. The first Husband of my paternal Grandmother was one of them. After the war she married my grandfather who was also extremly lucky to survive more than four years of combat as a Panzer Crewman.

  • @Pjay444
    @Pjay444 Год назад +3

    Das Boot!

  • @johnleeson6946
    @johnleeson6946 Год назад

    Very good video. Thanks!
    I served on a nuclear-powered Attack Submarine in the '80s. It was bigger, but still cramped. Crew of about 110-120.
    Couple of things, though.
    All subs are called, "boats." You went back-and-forth a few times.
    Also, the diesel engines were not connected directly to the screws. Your illustration kinda confused me a bit. They were diesel generators supplying electric motors, same ones the batteries supplied. Better speed control since diesel engines run more efficiently at a constant speed. The crew members in the Maneuvering Room control the power supply to the motors. They also could be used to charge the batteries while running on the surface.
    I've toured the U-505 several times. I'm always at the back of the line so I can spend more time looking at what interests me!

  • @dinisfonseca6305
    @dinisfonseca6305 Год назад +3

    Possess* not Posess

  • @patrickgjorven7832
    @patrickgjorven7832 Год назад

    Glad to see your face now during your video! Keep up the great work and thank you!!!

  • @oromartin10
    @oromartin10 Год назад

    Great job in your video, now I know more about submarines. Congratulations !!!!

  • @Shaun_Jones
    @Shaun_Jones 7 месяцев назад

    Honestly, the thing about diesel-electric submarines that scares me the most isn’t drowning, it’s the batteries. The acid in lead-acid batteries is sulfuric acid, and when sulfuric acid comes into contact with seawater it releases chlorine gas. This stuff is not a fun way to die; when inhaled, chlorine gas reacts with the water in your body, forming hydrochloric acid inside your lungs. You essentially drown on the dissolved remains of your own respiratory system.