WWII CAPTURE OF GERMAN U-BOAT U-505 RAW COLOR FOOTAGE JUNE 4, 1944 XD31281
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This raw, silent film footage tells an astonishing story, one of the most interesting U.S. Navy actions of WWII: the capture of a German U-boat on the high seas. On June 4, 1944, an American anti-submarine squadron accomplished an incredible feat, capturing the German U-boat U-505 and all hands. This film celebrates the achievement and explains how it happened. It certainly wasn't a fluke. Commander Daniel Gallery, of the USS Guadalcanal, was convinced he could surface and capture an enemy submarine, and he drilled his crews in the art of boarding. When the aircraft carrier USS Guadalcanal (CVE-60) and its destroyer escorts, USS Pillsbury (DE-133), USS Pope (DE-134), USS Flaherty (DE-135), USS Chatelain (DE-149) and USS Jenks (DE-665), got a contact, they worked in close concert to achieve the capture. German submarine commander Harald Lange and his crew were neatly captured, and their boat towed to Bermuda. Today this Type IXC U-boat rests in the Museum of Science and Industry in Chicago, a nice war prize delivered in style by the U.S. Navy.
This silent footage begins post-capture, with shots aboard the USS Guadalcanal. At :16, a wounded German sailor is brought aboard the ship in a litter. At :58, German prisoners are brought up onto the deck. At 1:30, lookouts peer out towards the escort fleet and the captured U-505, which is visible at 2:15. At 2:49 the crippled submarine is seen up close. At 3:44, German prisoners are given a bath by sailors. At 5:11, another injured German sailor is brought up to the deck of the ship. At 5:42, wide shot of the USS Guadalcanal as seen from another vessel. At 5:51, German prisoners are seen on the carrier. At 8:16, calisthenics are performed on the deck of the ship. At 8:35, the U-boat wallows in the sea as TBD Avenger aircraft circle overhead. At 9:12, a German crewman in a Mae West and lifeboat is rescued by a boat crew. At 9:27, shots of the entire German crew being rescued en masse. At 9:38, the conning tower of the U-boat is seen close up. At 11:08, shot of the American flag aboard the Guadalcanal.
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My Father, John M. Harper, was a Machinist Mate Serving on the Guadalcanal under Captain Gallery when the capture of the U-505 took place. His name is on the wall at the Museum of Science and Industry in Chicago. He had some great stories to tell of his Navy service. Signed up the day after Pearl Harbor and stayed in until 1947. He passed in 2014 at the age of 94. Men like him are not made anymore. Truly part of the Greatest Generation. He was a great Father to 5 children.
Years ago, I had the opportunity to tour the inside of the U-505.... Amazing how people went to war and survived in these coffins!!! 😲 (Much respect to all Submariners of all nations everywhere, past and present!!!!)
Fascinating that the U-505 is still in on display today in the Museum of Science and Industry in Chicago while every other ship and plane in this video have long since been relegated to scrap. Thank you Daniel Gallery.
I had the good fortune to visit U-505 after it was restored and protected by a new building at the museum. Entering the hallway leading to the massive room where it now lives raised the hairs on my neck. Upon taking the last turn into the space, I was presented with the bow of U-505 on my right, so close I felt like I could reach out and touch it. There are moments in each life that are never forgotten. 🇺🇸⚓️
Ive always been amazed with a sub:
-damaged in combat
-about to sink anyway
-scuttling valves open and water pouring in
-possibly set to explode
-and controls all marked in a foreign language
that the guys who went aboard her anyway could fit down that little 2' conning tower hatch with their gigantic balls!
Love it!
Like some of the other comments, I have fond memories of touring this " boat" at the Chicago Museum of Science & Industry, back in the early 60's! Neat memories of the dank & cramped quarters these guys faced!!
Ha ha me too. I wonder if you thought you were really going underground to the coal mine? (The elevator illusion was really convincing _ I knew adults who were fooled)
I've seen U 505 at the Museum too - I was a kid growing up outside of Chicago.
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They are luck the Americans captured them. We used to be a compassionate country with high morals and values.
My grandmother, whom I visited in the summers in Chicago, took me to see the U-505 not long after it went on display. I was amazed at how so many men could live on board something that size, particularly recalling how small the galley was.
A real respect for human life. And the fact that all of the crewmen were isolated. Why? Because an Enigma machine was captured from the U 505.
True but the British [HMS Bulldog] had already captured one just as the boat was sinking - it had four screws holding it down.
Fascinating. Das Boat, the German made film, is one of the best and award winning WW2 sub movie. For life aboard a German Submarine, and the War was lost by December 42, and Sub Crews knew this well. That this ships crew was then taken aboard a Air Craft carrier must have surprised many....
This video was posted on the aniversary of the caputure, June 4th.I do not think by just chance. I live in the chicago area and my first trip to se the U505 was back in 1960, I was 5 years old. Been on board her atleast 15 times. I became aquainted with one of the original German crew members who lived in the Chicago area. He use to set up a table at a local military collectors show here in town and relate U-boat stories and sell copies of a book he wrote about u-boats. He mentioned that at one time back in the 1970's there were 4 orignal german U505 crew men that lived with in 50 miles of the their old boat. Then residents. of the USA. I don't think their choice of area to live here in America was an accident.
Now (and for many years) on display at Chicago's Museum of Science and Industry. There's not a school kid in Chicago who didn't explore her on a field trip or two, lol. I got to meet some of these guys. They held a reunion dinner at Miller's Kinzie Steakhouse (now Harry Carry's). I guess it was June 1981, so it would have been a 35 year anniversary. I was the service bartender in their private banquet room. I got permission to let my dad sit nearby in a lounge area so he could watch, lol. The Germans and Americans sat at separate tables. They did not drink like they did on leave in Le Harve, or Norfolk, lol. The conversations were quiet. I thought this odd at the time, but now i realize they were probably tired after the day's proceedings at the museum. I am their age now. I understand... These men had moved on. The events that brought them together were not, individually, of their own doing. Their job collectively was to kill each other. These facts can never be reconciled. And changing the subject is for most, the best way to restore sanity...
Yep! I'm proud to say I'm one of them kids!!! 😝
My late father-in-law EM Harold Depp was also a crew member of the Guadalcanal and was on the 3rd whale boat and part of the boarding party. As for his reflections on the event, he never ever revealed any aspect of the capture, obeying Capt Gallery’s order on silence for years afterward.
Well that music sure does put cheery spin on taking prisoners.
I remember when they moved the U-505 across Lakeshore Drive to the Museum of Science and Industry when I was a Kid! And went to see when it first opened!
Yes, and they were worried a seiche would hit and make it hard to get it from the shore. I took my wife(NY) to the museum and she was quite impressed. It was the first time I saw it indoors.
I'm fortunate enough to have seen both the U-505 and a US Balao-class sub (USS Pampanito in San Francisco). I'm sure the crews of the US boats faced hardship at sea, but compared to a U boat the US subs are almost luxurious. The U boats were confining in extreme. Unsure how their crews endured the weeks at sea.
I toured the USS Ling almost 20 years ago in Hackensack , NJ. Now she has been vandalized and partially sunk 🙁
It's worth mentioning the commander behind the carrier fleet who captured this boat intended to capture it long before he set sail. In addition he helped raise funds to take it from the us navy ten years after wars end, and deliver it to Chicago museum. I read the book written by the rear admiral who commanded the fleet who captured the U505. For those wondering, it was later in the war and the Americans had so much technology and production by that point, that the Germans no longer had a chance. His only concern was "getting some action before the war was over" and that didn't make it boring by any stretch, but it was clear they were playing cat and mouse by this stage. He goes on to list how many miles the U-boats spent submerged Vs surfaced, and argues the U-boats are surface ships that had the ability to dive for short periods. He was the first commander to have aircraft fly off his carrier at night, he did this gradually starting from full moon in good weather and gradually working on, and he didn't lose anyone in the entire process - he lost 3 aircraft who had to bail, but all are saved and back in the air within a day.
There is a world war one U-Boat wreck that you can get to at low tide In Essex England. It is very poignant to think how it must have been as a crew member in the open sea.
The first foreign warship taken by he US Navy since the war of 1812.
Much appreciated the film/video. Greetings from Paraná, Brazil.
PS- Many dozens of Brazilian commercial vapor ships were sunk by German submarines throughout the Atlantic.
I am watching this on June 4 2022
I’m reading the book So Close to Home by Michael J Tougias, a true account of the Downs family who survived the sinking of the merchant ship they were on, on their way back to the US from a job in Central America, in the Gulf of Mexico in 1942. U boat 505 was the one who sank the Heredia. I was on the U 505 at the Museum of Science and Industry in Chicago years ago. I had no idea of this boats history!
Looks like the German crew was taken to one of our Jeep Carriers. I have no doubt that they were treated well. That was tough duty man. 30% survival rate for U-Boat crews. I started out at Sub School in Groton but ended up Surface Fleet. From Memorial Day until D-Day, my thoughts are with the Soldiers, Sailors, Marines and Airmen who gave their lives for us. That generation is one for the ages!
They were aboard the USS Guadalcanal, which helped capture the sub.
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Years ago, I read a great book by Daniel Gallery about this incident. They thought they had pulled of a huge coup when they captured the Enigma machine intact inside the sub. Not so! The British had already broken the German code and that was super secret. This incident was just before the Normandy invasion. The last things the allies wanted was for the Germans to change their secure communications system, Enigma. The German crew was held in a secure prison camp and not allowed any communication to the outside. Canada I believe?? The American crews were quarantined and forced to give up ANY German artifacts and items they had with the promise they would be returned. That never happened of course. Once advised of the importance of the capture of U-505, there is no recorded incident of any American sailor ever talking to anyone about the U-505 until after the war. The Enigma secret was kept.
@@curtgomes Actually, the Poles and French broke the code before the equipment was turned over to the British. The Enigma machine wasn't the coup. Enigma machines had been in allied hands since the mid '30s. They were updated over time so the having the latest hardware was helpful. The code book with the list of settings was much more important though. Those were changed on the Enigma machine daily and in some circumstances more often. The book containing the initial daily settings for the machine were unique to their month of issue and having the current settings greatly sped up decoding.
they sent the German crew to someplace in Louisiana I believe they kept them isolated so Germany would have no idea their boat had been captured and it was taken to Bermuda and a big tent camouflaged it. After the war it was up in Maine and was scheduled to be sunk in a gunfire exercise well the officer who was in charge of it's capture who was maybe an admiral or such by that time says it should become a museum ship and the Navy said where would we put it he said well I am from Chicago so why not there?
Quick story…my Grandfather used to work at the Museum of Science and Industry. One day while near the U505 someone approached him and asked “Hey, is that a U Boat?” My Italian grandpa replied “No, it’s notta my boat, I justa watch.”
Enjoy
The U-505 is now at Chicago Museum of Science and Industry
Like so many others here, I visited this sub in the early seventies. I can't believe how cramped it was. I have claustrophobia and could not have survived an hour on this thing, let alone sail to another country.
Brave and honourable American sailors and airmen!
Enjoy watching actual history
The music seemed more like WW1, Not WW2, lol
Having fun watching the lads shower. Happy pride month boys
Get rid of the music!
You are more in peril visiting the Unterseebot in Lightfoot's Chicago then during W.W.11!
Colorized? Or color in the original?
This was shot in color.
Great film, but kill that background music!
Какое совпадение - я только вчера закончила читать книгу "Стальная лодка, железный экипаж" - воспоминания матроса с U-505.
Now read from the other side, "The fighting captain" about captain Johnny Walker, U boat killer.
One last wolf to hunt with its pack.
what is the music Beethoven?
Sounds like a little Mozart
The first song is Bouret, even I know that. But kibbitzers put me on the spot asking abt the other performances, some familiar yet not enough to know their names. This is the sub a naval Enigma machine was gotten from off the coast of Africa-that much I know
I never expected to see all the clean, white shirts on a U-boat crew. (0:56) Maybe trying to improve appearances while surrendering.
I’ve seen several American POW camps for German POW’s in Southern Illinois. They had Thanksgiving turkeys, trimmings, everything. Pumpkin pie, even! Christmas hams, etc. Along with a Christmas play. Compare that to the starving conditions of German and especially Japanese prison camps, and it was no contest. Germans were surrendering 10-20 to 1 to Americans/British over Russians, because of their cruelty. Had we Americans known fully the horrific treatment of our POW’s, we’d have been a lot worse on the Japanese than just the internment camps, that’s for sure! You’d like to think you’re the better country by the way you treat your vanquished opponents, but the Germans, Russians, and Japanese, (especially the Japanese), had a”No quarter” policy strictly enforced by their sergeants and officers over American POW’s. To the average Japanese POW, he found it more honorable to be considered “KIA” than a “POW”, due to their inhumane treatment of Americans by them.
@@davemayberry9938 My grandfather was a former POW, a B-17 co-pilot, shot down by an Me-262 in Feb '45, liberated in May. He was a tall stern Texas oil man. He died when I was 13...that would have been 1986...He never talked to me about the war, only about airplanes....and he loved "Hogan's Heroes", if you can believe that. So he was lucky. He was lucky that he survived jet propelled aircraft 30mm cannon. He survived the jump from a crippled Fortress. It was 3 months from the end of the war, and he was lucky that it was the damned Nazis that caught him, instead of the horrors endured by servicemen captured by the Japanese.
I'd say this is a big part of what made us "the good guys" in WW2. I'd say that I'm very much in favor of excellent treatment of POWs. There's a definite moral high ground there. How do you feel about it?
@@rickb1973 Treatment of American pilots by Stalags weren’t very comfy, but they were above the concentration camp phase. As the war wound down, the Germans couldn’t feed the POW’s as well, and their just pulling out ahead of the Russians, heading towards the Rhine. They all knew they’d rather be American or British POW’s than Russian. Göerring was a flyer himself, and he had some decorum regarding American and British flyers. Well, as much as an eccentric morphine addict could have. 😆
I would live to see her in Chicago. Crime keeps me away...
ah yeah now we have pride month and our country is circling the drain.
They smell so bad after being inside that u-boat so they have to rinse them with a hose 😀
🤔I wonder how well American Sailors would have been treated had the situation been reversed?😒
Probably well. The German navy were professionals.
I’d refer you to the Laconia incident, where the Germans tried to abide by prize laws and were promptly bombed and strafed for it.
Should have fed them to the sharks. That's why they call it war.
At that point they’re non-combatants, and being sailors are a superstitious lot there’s probably a karmic value to rescuing people in the water. Better to help someone even a former enemy than tempt the cruelty of the sea.