In June 1944; U.S. Navy Task Group 22.3; a "hunter-killer" force commanded by Daniel Gallery to track down German submarines; boarded and captured U-505 off the coast of Africa. It was the first time that an enemy ship of war had been captured on the high seas by U.S. Navy sailors since 1815; when the USS Peacock seized HMS Nautilus as part of the War of 1812. The extraordinary feat is described in gripping narrative by Gallery himself; who chronicles the long and arduous battle against the German U-boat under the most hazardous conditions. Once they succeeded in capturing and towing their prize seventeen-hundred miles across the Atlantic Ocean; U-505 proved to be of inestimable value; yielding secrets to radio codes among other things. U-505 is now on exhibit at Chicago's Museum of Science and Industry.
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