U-505, (sculpture).

U-505, (sculpture).

Torrey, Fred M., 1884-1967, sculptor.

U-505, (sculpture).

(Along bottom:) This prize of war is dedicated to the memory of the American seamen who went down to unmarked ocean graves helping to win victory at sea. The U-505 was boarded and captured on June 4, 1944 off Cape Blanco, French West Africa, by task group 223 of the U.S. Atlantic Fleet. This is the only German submarine ever boarded and captured at sea and the first foreign man-of-war so captured by the U.S. Navy since 1815. (Names of task group 223)

Relief plaque depicting the types of ships used in American warfare commemorated the capture of the Nazi submarine U-505.

Waterscape -- Boat

Architecture -- Boat -- Sailing Ship

Architecture -- Boat -- Submarine

History -- United States -- World War II

Museum of Science and Industry, Chicago, Illinois

Gift of Bronze, Inc.,

Hamlin, Gladys E., "The Sculpture of Fred and Mabel Torrey," Alhambra, CA: Borden Publishing Company, 1969, pg. 156.

Hamlin, Gladys E., "The Sculpture of Fred and Mabel Torrey," Alhambra, CA: Borden Publishing Company, 1969, pg. 157.

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