D.K.M. U 505
1941
(Neptun 1075)
- Class: Type IXC - 98 submarines
- Displacement: 1,120/1,232 tons
- Dimensions: 252 x 22.25 x 15.5 ft.
- Machinery: 2-shaft diesel/electric motors, B.H.P. 4,400/1,000 = 18.25/7.25 knots
- Radius: 11,000 miles at 12 knots / 63 miles at 4 knots
- Armament: 1-4.1 in., 1-37 mm. A.A. guns; 6-21 in. T.T.(4 bow, 2 stern); 22 torpedoes
- Complement: 48
- Builder: Deutsche Werft, Hamburg
- Laid Down: 12 Jun 1940
- Launched: 24 May 1941
- Commissioned: 26 Aug 1941
- Service: Made 12 war patrols, sinking 8 ships for a total of 45,000 tons. Captured 4 Jun 1944 by CVE USS Guadalcanal and DE's Chatelain, Jenks, Pillsbury NW of Dakar. Now on display at the Museum of Science and Industry, Chicago.
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