U-505

[Michel]

September 2002, U-505 of the Chicago Museum of Science and Industry.

[Michel]

Other side.

[Michel]

Aft crew and torpedo room.

[Michel]

Electric engine room.

[Michel]

Go to the diesel room.

[Michel]

Diesel room.

[Michel]

Control room, dive plane control.

[Michel]

Control room, map table.

[Michel]

Conning tower.

[Michel]

Kommandant 'room'.

[Michel]

Radio room.

[Michel]

Officers's quarter.

[Michel]

Kitchen.

[Michel]

Petty officers quarter.

[Michel]

Go to the torpedos room.

[Michel]

Crew quarter and torpedos room.

[John]

Fantastic pictures ! I really like the way they've made it 'operational' with all the fresh food stowed on the boat. It reminds me of the series 'Das Boot'.

John :food-smiley-004:

[Mike Dunn]

Great photo tour! Thanks for sharing this with us. I can now see why one would want to be an officer! Mike

[Bob Hunter]

Excellent pictures. Thanks. It's been many years since I have visited the actual display.

The story of getting the boat through the Great Lakes, out of Lake Michigan and over Chicago's outer drive to its final display location is a story almost as interesting as the capture.

[Laurence Strong]

Interesting Thanks for the photo's

[Guest nelson]

excellent series of photos, thanks very much, just confirms my believe that you would have never got me in one of those things!!

[Bob Hunter]

I have not been through the U-505 for years. I will have an opportunity to visit this summer and I plan to make the best of it.

[Bob Hunter]

I recently learned that the display has been conserved. I look forward to visiting the boat in its new surroundings.

http://www.msichicago.org/secret/

[TerryG]

Brilliant, thanks for posting these photos!

[luftguy]

To all those interested, if you have not seen the U-505 in the last month and half you really need to see it again. I went to the member's preview night on June 1, 2005 with some friends from MCF. The new exhibit is awesome. The first view of the boat is totally breath taking. The rest of the exhibit has also expanded. If you go, look for the SA sports badge to see if it is still upside down. We told the curator about it and I am curious to see if they corrected it.

Bill

Edited July 12, 2005 by luftguy