The U-505 was captured by a task group, commanded by Rear Adm. Daniel G. Gallery, off the coast of French West Africa in 1944. Bringing the U-boat to land was a major engineering feat, planned and ...
On June 4, 1944, US naval forces captured intact a German submarine: U-505. It was the first enemy warship seized on the high seas by the US Navy since the War of 1812.