Take a tour-German U-505 Submarine U boat Museum of Science and Industry 2016
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- Today we go for a tour on a real World War 2 era German submarine. This was filmed at the Museum of Science and Industry in Chicago, Illinois in April, 2016. This museum was extremely busy making it difficult to get a more in depth look at the submarine. This video was made purely for educational, and teaching purposes. It is protected under the 1976 "fair use" Copyright law, section 107.
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in case anyone is wondering, U-505 is a Type IXc, the larger and less produced bigger brother of the Kriegsmarine's main u-boat, the Type VII. its operational range was so great that it could sail to the waters off of North America and linger for up to a month without even refueling, depending on fuel and supplies usage.
you mean "bigger sister" my friend not brother because in the seamanship terminologies a sea going vessels such as surface ship and even a submarine are considered females and not males this gender affiliation are already existed since the early times when ships are using sails, on sea journey.
@@josephdioneda2881 Germans referred to their ships with male gender. Look it up.
@@josephdioneda2881 Germans always gave their ships male names though. Except U-boats that were just called letters and numbers.
Crazy we almost used that beautiful ship for target practice after the war. What a treasure to still have it.
Had the KMS Prinz Eugen been preserved it would have been one of the greatest attractions there is of WW II museum ships, she fought alongside KMS Bismarck in the battle of the Denmark Straight, drew first blood on HMS Hood, wounded HMS Prince of Wales, provided covering fire for the German army retreat, she did not deserve such a fate,
@@alexandarvoncarsteinzarovi3723its difficult to make ships an attraction, but you are exactly right. It should've been preserved.
@@mclovin2155I mean, the US has massive fleet carriers, battleships and loads of submarines on display. Japan has a pre-dreadnoutght battleship and even Greece has an armored cruiser. It gets much easier when you have the funds to keep a ship preserved. The Iowas are in such a condition that you could probably fuel them and start the engines right up.
A Hipper-class cruiser would be incredible to have preserved. And then they destroyed it in such a pointless way.
@@masterkamen371I wish I could have seen inside a typhoon. Seems like most are getting stripped but maybe I’m wrong
@@masterkamen371 that's because the Iowas are MEANT to be able to be fueled and started again. Pub. L. 109-364, the National Defense Authorization Act 2007. The Iowa and Wisconsin are to be kept in a condition where if the need arises, they can be recalled.
Such a beautiful ship, wish I could Be at that museum, alone at 10 pm, with all the exhibits open, just to admire them in peace
I kinda was, it was amazing, me and my mom got tickets for the one night at the museum thing. That means we also got to go in the sub for free. It was breathtaking, 10/10 I would go back.
-- My dad worked as a tour guide on the 505 in the 70's. And I've been on it a bunch. Took my 3 year old a while ago. She has a little toy bathtub submarine. Asked her if she wanted to see a real one. Should have seen her face.
You do realize you might not be alone in that sub right!? 🤔
@@joshiewilnott2368 One of the Commanders did commit suicide on the boat.... if you believe in ghosts HAHA
@@williamkeogh6369 not to mention alot of the builder's of subs die all the time sealing the subs from the inside from welding I bet the commander did it was very popular among the bigwigs if caught I take it you work there or do they say how many deaths to the public? I believe in ghosts I happened to get a family gift at a young age used to scare the shit outta me I grew up in old Houses and bad neighborhoods in Detroit Michigan and Los Angeles the Queen Mary ship calls to me when I'm near same with the Roosevelt hotel etc yes I'm a believer 👻😱💀👽🎩😉👍
My father, Ottoman Schulz, USA Chicago born; was an engineer at the museum when the sub was brought down the river and placed at the museum. it was an exciting time for our family.
I thank him for many fine days there in my 59 yrs . Great 1960 /1980 memories
Any kin west of the Mississippi? Schulz is one of the surnames of some of my kin.
I wish I could've been at the dinner table with you guys... legitimately wish.
One of my favorite childhood memories was going on a field trip to the Museum of science and industry and seeing the U 505. Just such a cool exhibit even back then when the U 505 was outside the museum.
In the early 1990's we were fortunate to meet the German submariner who pulled the plug so to scuttle the U 505. He said the Crew on the USS Guadalcanal were firing guns over the hatch where he was going to drop the plug over the side of the sub, so he dropped the plug inside the U 505 and went out up the ladder. We talked with the man and his daughter for about an hour. Super Nice people. We bought a mug that has his WW2 picture on it and he signed the mug too 😀
ty for confirming it was outside. many memories fade after more than 30 years
One of the last grey wolves of the Atlantic, truly a marvelous piece of history
Excellent presentation. I traveled to Chicago from Atlanta in the winter of 1975 with my brother and a friend. We saw U-505 then - 43 years ago. I joined the Navy that summer, and after recruit training in Orlando, Florida and Submarine School in Groton, Connecticut, I served aboard a submarine, though it was newer, nuclear powered and "a little" more comfortable. U-505 is probably the most meticulously preserved World War II submarine on static display in the world. So many other World War II submarines, particularly the U.S. submarines that served in that war, are simply sitting in salt water, rusting and rotting as time goes by. Too bad. When they're gone, they're gone for good.
Agreed. I felt the same way when I toured the USS Clamagore, in Charleston, SC. Just sitting in the salt, rotting away, but I loved it, nonetheless.
and on a side note the USS Silverside is in lake Michigan : )
In Germany, the U-995 is still on the beach at Laboe. Unfortunately, this boat also rusts very badly. A shame.
Hi there,
In fact, in Germany, close to the city Kiel, you'll find a typ VII u-boat of that time period which is also a museum u-boat. This one, too, is in pretty good condition. Also, there is a typ XXI sub in the German city Bremerhaven which is also in pretty good shape.
"U-505 is probably the most meticulously preserved World War II submarine on static display in the world."
U-995 in Laboe, Germany: "Am I a Joke to You?" | czcams.com/video/yXiSWPGy_gg/video.html
When I go there, I just think of the patriotic music from U-571. It’s such a humbling or just amazing thing to see. You know what, I’ll wear my U-505 shirt today! Thanks for the video
Way back in 1968 I was at the Museum of Science and Industry in Chicago and toured the U 505. I was very young but I remember how cramped it seemed for men live on that sub. I took the whole tour. I'm glad it's still there.
yes , cramped. just think, it was one of the biggest,best outfitted u-boats of the era
In April I went to see the Angels play the Cubs and while I was in Chicago I saw this exhibit. It was an amazing experience!
I went a few a years after my Dad had passed, I was choked up the whole time. He would of been excited!
Thanks for posting this. I shall watch it many times.
You are welcome.
Saw it last week at Chicago museum of Science and Industry. Amazing!!! Took my gal there. She was in awe
Took some damage to the sail from the look of things. Great video. Looks similar in layout to our diesel subs. Form follows function, I guess.
My father started his U.S. Navy career on the USS Carbonera, a Balao-class submarine. Another of the class, USS Clamagore, is near us at Patriots Point, Charleston, South Carolina. I took him there one day and we toured the ships, and the boat. I made sure he wore his United States Navy retired ball cap. Later we notice that all the volunteers at the Museum wore these caps. As we toured the Clamagore, my dad was telling me stories of memories he had at different points in the ship; the forward torpedo room and how they loaded a torpedo into the sub. The galley and how they put food EVERYONE on board. The mess where everyone would gather if they had a moment to drink coffee. The bunks and how they would take turns because their were not enough bunks for each member of the crew and sleeping in the heat and sweat of the guy who had been in it before you were. The head, and the one at the stern where you had to pressurize the tank before you flushed or else it all shot back up your behind from the sea pressure, or plastered the walls if you were not sitting at the time. As we ended our trip and were walking back up the steps to leave, one of the other folks with us asked if my dad was going to start the tour again at the front, because they had arrived in the middle and wanted to hear the other stories. I explained that this was my dad, and he was not a guide, but had served onboard one of these subs when he joined the navy back in the 50's. CWO2 Hickerson, is my dad. I am proud to be his son. He had 7 brothers who all served in World War II, Korea, and Vietnam. My grandfather served in World War 1. Our family is proud of its military history.
Another from a long line of warriors, Good line you have there.
I am proud of my familys service in the German military. My Greatgreatgrandad was a soldier in the Boxer uprising we have a japanese medal and a certificate from the japanese emperor thanking him for his help in China. My greatgrandad was in france as a normal soldier and my other greatgreatgrandad joined the german army as a unteroffizier in 1936 or so. So he took part from start to end and got deployed in poland, france, ukraine and russia and got captured by the russians he came back out of captivity i think it was somthing between 1946 and 1949 i am not sure though. I had a greatuncle who was one of the last people to get evacuated out of stalingrad by plane and some others that were officers and sadly died on crimea. My grandad told me that I had some relatives that were part of the waffen-ss as officers aswell. he aslo told me that one of our relatives was gualeiter in a city in austria.
The toilet pressure issue sunk that one u boat.
@@meta6287 Very interesting I am proud to be german/American
I lived in and south of Chicago and toured this boat on field trips from school many times. back then you could walk through it and it was out side. great tour , never gets old.
that does it. i need to see it again. with pictures this time
Last time I saw the u-505 it was outside...
This look a lot nicer than it used to be... I spent a lot of time in the museum of science and industry as a kid...
Superior camera work. Thank you for putting your excellent video up on he web for all of us to enjoy.
You are welcome.
My son and I visited this exhibit shortly after the sub arrived at the Museum of Science and Industry in Chicago. Fascinating tour!
I have been listening to Steel Boat, Iron Hearts: A U-boat Crewman's Life Aboard U-505 by Hans Goebeler and John Vanzo on Audible and it makes you really connect when you hear what happened on the U-boat and you see the places where it happened.
I was in the Naval Aviation Training Command during the VN War with a young fellow whose father was the sailor who stopped the leak and saved the boat. I think he was awarded the Navy Cross. My friend was very proud of his dad.
I remember Hans Goebeler, many years ago, he used to work the gun shows around the Central Florida area. He had a table or 2 and sold coffee mugs, t shirts, books, and other memorabilia that had German symbols on them. He was a little man, maybe 5'3" and I'd talk with him as I grew up in Chicago and had been on the U 505 many times. I was always sad for him as he seemed he couldn't escape the past. I still have a t shirt I bought from him, it's gray with a red laughing sawfish on the front. I don't wear it out as the laughing sawfish is the symbol of the 9th U Boat Flotilla out of Brest in 1944. Then again, I seriously doubt anyone would understand what the sawfish was, unless he was a WWII vet. May God rest Hans' soul.
I was there the night the 505 was settled at the museum. Just a kid, but never forget it. All the workers celebrating, it was a party! My grandfather was full Swede from the old country. Got to talking with a Swede worker. My Dad and Gramps were taken into the sub to see it, l remember them saying everything was soaked with diesel fuel. When they came out the workman had a guy knock off a couple rivets from the starboard rear torpedo doors as a souvenir. He told me "Sonny, when you hold these remember how many people died when those doors opened" 76 now, still got it somewhere..Pass it down in family.....
It's annoying that they cut out the circular hatches leading in and out of the control room, swinging through those is always great fun
Was a pleasant experience to see yhis unique sub in person when i went to chicago to visit family back in 2018...nice to save and see what little bit of history we still have left
Deutsches Museum used to have a submarine in the basement.
We were there in the early 1970's, they were celebrating Willy Messerschmidts 90th birthday.
There were Messerchmidts outside.
I viewed U505 from the outside a few weeks ago. Wish now I’d paid the extra to see inside. Thank you for posting this excellent video.
Thank You Tom for an excellent Video. And thank you for not chatting and rambling or putting music on over the background audio. Excellent way to post a video, more people should watch this vid and learn how to do it right before they upload stuff.
Love that they added sound effects to the sub
I toured this boat when I was a boy, after my dad said that he watched the boat being towed across Lake Shore Drive. There was a sign on the road which said “Warning, submarine crossing the road”. I was so excited to see it. My mom said that I was born to be on subs because she toured the Silversides on Navy Pier when she was 8 months pregnant with me. She said that her back was against one side of the vertical hatch and her tummy was on the other side! I once again toured the boat with my brother when I was 19, after almost 2 years in the submarine service. The condition of the boat was pretty run down. You entered and exited the boat as you do now but I think the compartment hatches were still intact. During the tour, the story goes, I could recognize the different systems and was explaining what things were to my brother. After a bit i had the attention of the group including the tour guide. It was great fun as I remember. I toured again, with my brother a year or so before this new display, I could hardly tell one system from another! :)
From this video, the boat looks in great condition! If all the dialogue and sound effects is what’s needed to reach the young people about history and hopefully about the horror of war then I’m good with it. What I miss is the comradeship. Hope to tour this boat again.
SJ
Yes the boat is in excellent condition and when you are inside you really feel like you are under water in the ocean. It is a very popular tour so it is a bit rushed, but still a great exhibit to explore.
I luv visiting Chicago and I go here every time!, so impressive!!!
Did you go on the tour?
like it how the blue lights from under the boat lights it up.
Thanks for this awesome video!!! 🤗
Tough way the live but a hell of a tough way to die.
I toured the U505 when I was a child and the U-boat was sitting outside in the parking lot at the Museum of Science & Industry. This exhibit now looks amazing.
Yes one of the best I have seen. They did a great job on this one.
I saw the sub in the early nineties without the display mumbo jumbo. It made the experience so much more genuine and real. So sad to see that they 'Disneyfied' the U-boat tour inside.
Moosey1789 Huh, I didn’t know about U-505s bad luck
At least we didn't cut it up into sections like you British did to a u-boat you recovered!!!
The U-534
@@bobgilmer9257 That would be terrible too.
It’s to appeal to Gen Z. When I went there as a kid before they had all this stuff I was bored as hell
My father brought me there when I was a young boy in the mid or late 50s. The boat was out in the open back then along side the museum building.
Thank you!
Love U-Boat
You can watch the sub and crew being captured. Victory at sea episode 16, really intense.
Here in Philadelphia, I've toured the the Becuna (SS-319). A U.S. Balao-class submarine, but it was nowhere near as cool a set up as this sub.... This is incredible how they have this machine preserved and displayed...
I went to see it too and it's so cool. I had a fun time seeing it
Thank You So Much
This is on my bucket list. Here we only have a Type IIA prototype built for Germany under a Dutch shell corporation (no pun intended). There was also a Proyekt 651 class boat, but it was sold to the K-19 Widowmaker film production company and was ultimately sunk.
It feels great seeing a surviving piece of history being well maintained.
Kinda wished the USS Enterprise had also had the honor instead of being scrapped.
Yes that was sad. We can't same them all unfortunately.
The destruction of the Enterprise was nothing short of a crime.
Lugia21 come to San Diego and visit the aircraft carrier. It’s a great tour and well preserved!
SJ
Amazing video thanks, willing to go there and see it in perdon.
Been aboard 505 many times - those were brave men on both sides that crewed these iron coffins.
I can see it took a lot of work to clean it up so it would be pleasant to tour. Also to see everything clearly. I have been to the U-boat in Liverpool, United Kingdom. It is a rusty mess but still very interesting. They have the one there cut up into pieces and people can look into the various parts. You cannot go inside. It seems so small, only one person at a time could go through it anyway. thanks for posting.
thanks for showing this . i just finished the u 505 book .
You are welcome.
WOW... AMAZING!!! Wish I could visit Chicago. Damn...
You can, just plan it out.
Happy to have been on her myself, although many years ago.
Die Ausstellung ist gut gemacht. Ein großes Kompliment an das Museum das die das Boot in eine Halle gestellt haben. Das Boot in Laboe verrottet am Meer langsam aber sicher. Laufen die Motoren noch? Früher wurden die regelmäßig gestartet.
A friend of mine took pictures inside the sub whe it wasn't allowed. What a good friend, he's not among the living anymore.
u wot m8
Beautiful Museum thank you America
excelente !!!!
I just went yesterday such a awesome experience inside i was telling my family that i wished i live back then in the u boat 505 and to be in the exact wear but just on their side
Huh?
I would love to see this!
Back in 1968-69 my parents took my sister, brother, and I to see U 505.I can still smell her today,and I can't even think of living in that "PIG BOAT" as they were known back then.
My late Father was the Senior Chief Petty Officer of the radio room on the USS Jenks, one of the Destroyer Escorts assigned to the Task Group. He and his crewmen handled most of the communications for the Task Group. He got quite a laugh when he was finally discharged after the war, then his papers listed "USS Jerks" instead of Jenks!
That so awesome love it and awesome video you rock😎👍
Thank you.
Your welcome😎👍
Incredible...
Very nice, greetings from Germany
looks different than it did in 92 when i visited. i dont recall being able to get so close to the outter hull and i think it was outdoors (that was over 30 years ago, excuse my faulty memory) i do, however , remember the awesomeness of such a well preserved ww2 ship.
beautiful
The last and only time I've visited 505 she was outside. That was back in the early 1990's. Still got to go inside the sub.
I remember being in the sub For like an hour cause i was so amazed and When i was inside My friend decided to make a joke and scream
*ALARM*
FLUTEEEEENNNN!!!! ALLE MANN VORAUS!
schneller schneller
Went on board U-505 @MOSI in Chicago. It was like walking through the insides of a watch. Claustrophobia!
I have autism so I love small spaces. I used to lay under beds when I was small enough to fit.
6:51 is when he is actually in the sub. Your welcome
Luke Gober - Thanks Luke. “You are” is shortened to “You’re”. Your is as in it’s yours.
Still EPIC AF 😍
Oh yeah I was there!
I was on Tour inside the Submarine!
me to 1967 1973
I have visited this boat a couple of times. One of only 2 combat U boats still in existence, the other is the type VII U-995 in Kiel Germany
John Collins there are two in Germany, one in the UK (it’s a rusted pile of junk) and this one
Ein älteres Boot steht noch in Norwegen. Die Vesikko. dubm.de/vesikko-cv-707/
In Bremerhaven you can visit a Typ XXI
www.u-boot-wilhelm-bauer.de/de/
Crazy engineering
i saw it when it was outside a long time a go it was cool then and now
I too saw it when it was outside... can't believe how long ago that was!! LOL
Thanks for the footage, someone needs to take a drone , and fly, around for more in depth look around
I saw this in 1968 when I was 8 years old. Then it was still outside. I told my dad then it was tiny inside. Would love to go back again but not to Chicago.
As a reply to my own comment, if you like touring these kind of things there is the USS Alabama Memorial Park in Mobile AL. It has the USS Alabama battleship and the USS Drum a WWII submarine. Highly recommend!
Are there guided tours? I live in Portland and have it on my bucket list to take Empire Builder from one end to the other. If I ever decide to do so it would be interesting to see how submarine tech evolved since I've taken the tour of our local cold war-era museum sub a couple times.
Yes they are guided tours.
Took the tour nearly a decade ago, and LOVED IT. Loved the entire museum, but went there for the U505
My family went through it in the early 60s when it was still outside.
After reading the comments, I have to tell you a story. You’ve all seen the movies where all the men rushed forward to get the bow pointing down to get the boat boat to dive faster. In the 60’s we would have trim parties. When a inexperienced officer take command the boat he would adjust the trim the sub to “fly” level. Like a airplane, each sub likes different trims to be most efficient. Maybe 2 degrees up or down. We would collect a few sailors and hang out in the fwd torpedo room. The bow would start to point a little down. After a bit of time, the young officer would have pumped enough water from the various trim tanks aft. The bow would come back to level. Then we would walk casually aft then the stern of the sub would go down, we would hear the pumps running and the stern would come back to level. We would do this a few times until at some point while walking through the control room, the Captain said “Knock it off”! The young officer who was having such a hard time trimming the boat knew instantly that he had been had!
That's a pretty funny story! Hard to believe just a few people could alter the course of that ship.
This could Sail from Europe to Usa and back whitout refuelling and also lurk in the coast line for American shipping and convoys.
Most of the German Uboats had to rely on "milkcows" on their journey's. Milcows are resupply Uboats and they would meet the attacking uboats somewhere in the Atlantic and resupply them....i just fucking love Uboats from ww2 era...nice Video thank you.
I took the tour back around 2003. It was a little different than this film shows. One has to tour personally to see how cramped it really it is.
I've been on 2 WWII subs, the U 505 and, in Philadelphia, the Gato class US sub, the name of which I've forgotten, that's moored next to the USS Olympia. The Germans designed their subs as war machines first and not for sailors' comfort. The US sub was somewhat larger, designed with a bit more creature comfort, but not much. The German subs have small, circular doors between compartments whereas the US sub has rounded rectangular compartment doors. Seeing these relics of a bygone time, I have only respect for any submariner, whatever nationality, that served his country in that war.
@@Diogenes-ty9yy You are correct about the creature comforts of the Gato and other later Balao classes in the USN. The reason for this was twofold. First, it was based on the fact that the boats would primarily be operating in the Pacific theater for a longer period of time than the Germans would be in the Atlantic. Second, it was found after years of experiences with the earlier class S-boats, which were smaller and did not have air conditioning and other comforts, that in those conditions, the Crews operated more efficiently for longer periods of time.
I remember when it was in Detroit, MI behind the Brodhead Naval Armory. We were not allow to go aboard and stand on the deck. What could a bunch of cub scouts do?
Play grabass with each other, fall off, and then their parents sue for$$$$$$$. Boys will be boys, etc.
2:17
Are those holes from battle damage sustained in WW2?
Yes. After she went above water the US ships shot at her with flak guns and a sqaudron of planes strafed her with 50 cals.
Though after she got towed back to the US she got repainted and painted US colors to create the illusion of a US made ship and not a Captured German ship.
Nice to see that this submarine will be preserved. Are the engines still running? When the boat was still outside, the engines were sometimes started.
They are not running but I believe there is see through sections of the engine where it slowly turns under electric power.
Ok, Thank you.
Been on her many times although she did seem a whole lot larger when I was 10.
no imagine being in there for 6 months with 40-50 other men
My family & I toured the uss Cobia in manatowac Wisconsin in 1994, then in 2007 my wife & I toured the Nautilus in Groton Conn. What difference 17 years made in sub technology. Cobia was built in 1942 Nautilus in 1959. The Nautilus was like a hotel inside compared to the Cobia. The mess hall was like the cafeteria in a collage. Stainless steel slide tubes to slide your tray along as you chose which foods you wanted through the glass sneeze tray viewing. Soda machine. Julie machine. All I could think was that there was probably some It. Jr. Officer who could have been in long enough to have seen & lived through the changing times. Then would have told the youngens in my day.
I live in Chicago and I have been in there multiple times
Great video. Do you happen to recall if they said how many torpedoes they carried on a typical mission?
22 torpedoes.
Yeah if it wouldve had been a VII it would carry around 11-12.
What model video camera did you use to record this? Thank you!
Canon VIXIA HF G20
I visited the U505 back in 1965. With my grammar school St Cletus I was 10 years old. Born 10 years after the end of WWII. Back then schools were teaching history more deeply then then and not re-writing it. 1930s through 1949 was the most significant time in modern history. We are still living in the results of WWII. The strength of the US happened because of WWII. The Cold War happened because of WWII believe it or not the Arab wars were started and intensified because SS leaders trained many Arabs in their type of war fare. Iran was called PERSIA before WWII. It got its name from fraternizing with Arians. The Nazis and Arab world were close allies. Obviously they had the same enemy .
If anybody wants to see a Type IXX look for a video about the Wilhelm Bauer U2540 . Its currently in a naval museum in Germany Bremerhaven.
Glad they built the building around it to protect it from those Chicago winters.
I went inside it in 1981 while visiting my brother from Cincinnati. I was 22. I'm assuming you can still go inside it, right?
They’ve opened it back up, I was there last week
super
Was it cut into pieces to put it in the museum and then welded? Or is it original
It´s Original. No Cutting.
they built part of the museum around it
Great video but I was very interested in what the tour guide was saying. I wish you would have stayed close to him so I could hear what he was saying. Excellent video though!
I tried to get closer to the tour guide but it was so cramped in the submarine there was no way I could get past the 20 people in front of me. At least they didn't object to me filming everything so that was good.
type IX boat! very nice
I think one day I'm going to need to make a trip to see this. I think the only thing that has kept me from doing it is the concern about going to the Chicogoland War Zone.
Is the footage from 6:45 from the same boat? why is there a break?
German engineering 👏
they should put a ps. note that these could go way past 230m maybe even give the highest depth recorded on a type ix/ix-c.
I visited her many years ago in 1975
wow my dream is to be there🙂
Its in Minnesota or Chicago
Chicago.