U-505

Museum ship

Type	Submarine
Class	Type IXC
War	Second World War
Main guns	6 × torpedo tubes (4 bow, 2 stern)

Captured off West Africa on 4 June 1944 by an American hunter-killer group led by the escort carrier Guadalcanal, the first enemy warship taken on the high seas by the US Navy since 1815. Now a museum ship in Chicago.

A boarding party from the U.S. Navy destroyer escort USS Pillsbury (DE-133) working to secure a tow line to the bow of the captured German submarine U-505, 4 June 1944. Note the large U.S. flag flying from the submarine's periscope. Photo: Unknown authorUnknown author, Public domain · Wikimedia Commons

Armament and specifications

Armament

6 × torpedo tubes (4 bow, 2 stern)
22 × 53.3 cm (21 in) torpedoes
1 × 10.5 cm (4.1 in) SK C/32 deck gun (180 rounds)
1 × 3.7 cm (1.5 in) SK C/30 AA gun
1 × twin 2 cm FlaK 30 AA guns

Builder	Deutsche Werft AG, Hamburg-Finkenwerder
Laid down	12 June 1940
Launched	24 May 1941
Commissioned	26 August 1941
Displacement	1,120 t (1,100 long tons) surfaced 1,232 t (1,213 long tons) submerged
Length	76.76 m (251 ft 10 in) o/a 58.75 m (192 ft 9 in) pressure hull
Speed	18.2 knots (33.7 km/h; 20.9 mph) surfaced 7.3 knots (13.5 km/h; 8.4 mph) submerged
Complement	48 to 56

As built, from the ship's Wikipedia article. Figures there may cover later refits too.

Career

Launched

24 May 1941

Capture of U-505

Captured

4 June 1944

1 killed, 58 captured

Fate

Museum ship

Captured by US Navy on 4 June 1944