Title: U-505 Hedgehogs Description: Hedgehogs, anti-submarine weapons used in capturing the U-505 Submarine; the U-505 (IXC U-boat), a German submarine operating in the Atlantic during World War II, was captured by U.S. Navy warships on June 4, 1944, one of six large German submarines captured during the war; codebooks and other secret materials, including a copy of the top secret code-making machine, Enigma, were captured along with the submarine, which enabled U.S. intelligence to determine German naval operations in advance thereafter; the U-505 was donated by the U.S. Navy to Chicago's Museum of Science and Industry; Location: Chicago, Illinois, August 4, 2009 Keywords: German submarines, Second World War, U-boats, underwater vessels, World War II, WWII Orientation: Portrait Dimensions: 2400 x 3000 (7.20 MPixels) (1.25) Print Size: 20.3 x 25.4 cm; 8.0 x 10.0 inches File Size: 20.63 MB (21,627,112 Bytes) Resolution: 300 x 300 dpi Color Depth: 16.7 million (24 BitsPerPixel) Compression: None Image Number: 0000256896c Source: Jay Robert Nash Collection
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