[nagdu] EXTERNAL:Re: our trip on the USS Intrepid August 9, 2010

[John Doering]

That would be U-505.  It was the only U-boat captured intact during World 
War II.  What makes it kind of easy to go through is that holes were cut 
into the side of the sub to allow you to walk through the main deck without 
going through any hatches or up and down any latters.

Regards,
JD

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Ed Meskys" <edmeskys at roadrunner.com>
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Subject: Re: [nagdu] EXTERNAL:Re: our trip on the USS Intrepid August 9,2010


> There is a German submarine from WWII that you can tour at the Museum of
> Science and Industry in Chicago. I went thru with my dog guide with no
> problems. First you experience a movie on how the sub was captured, and 
> the
> German code books retrieved, around 1944. Then you go thru the sub, seeing
> the elegant quarters for the captain, and the bunk beds of the crew, the
> navigation, torpedo, propulsion, etc, parts of the sub.
> Ed Meskys
>
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