CHICAGO (WLS) -- Tuesday marks 75 years since the U.S. Navy captured the U-505 German submarine, now on display at the Museum of Science and Industry. Chicago Captain Dan Gallery helped secure the ...

CHICAGO (WLS) -- On June 4, 1944, U.S. troops boarded and captured the U-505 Nazi submarine, which they managed to keep a secret until the war ended. By convincing Germany that the U-505 had been sunk ...

The Griffin Museum of Science and Industry offers an immersive experience aboard a U-505 submarine. The submarine was captured in 1944. It sat in a naval yard in New Hampshire until 1954 when it was ...

On June 4, 1944, the German sub known as U-505 was captured off the coast of West Africa. Tracking and disabling this elusive U-boat not only protected vital supply lines, but the swift and courageous ...

To mark the vessel’s 75th anniversary at Chicago’s Museum of Science and Industry, the museum’s U-505 submarine is getting restoration and a new explanatory exhibit. Who will make the Chicago Bears’ ...

This story was originally published in the Chicago Tribune on Aug. 14, 1954: At the end of a 3,000 mile trip from the Atlantic ocean, the U-505, captured nazi submarine, was hauled ashore last evening ...