Germany's U-505 submarine was the 1st warship captured by the US Navy in over a century and top secret during World War II.

Over eight decades ago, the US Navy made the historic capture of a Nazi U-boat during World War II. A treasure trove of vital German intelligence, the submarine's capture was top-secret. See inside ...

Did you know? In WWII the British troop ship, RMS Laconia, was sunk by a German U-boat. The U-boat captain Werner Hartenstein immediately ordered the rescue of as many survivors as possible ...

All were safely brought to the surface in four round-trips using the McCann submarine rescue chamber. Salvaged and renamed Sailfish, the boat served to the end of World War II. Ten days after the ...

German intelligence was vital during WWII, making recovery efforts for the sinking U-boat a top priority for the Navy task group ... A boarding party from the Edsall-class destroyer escort USS ...