CHICAGO (CBS) --One of the last surviving U.S. sailors who helped board and capture the German submarine U-505 during World War II was at the Museum of Science and Industry on Wednesday to celebrate ...

The U-505 submarine served 12 patrols and sank eight enemy boats before the US Navy captured it in 1944. The U-boat is now on display at Chicago's Griffin Museum of Science and Industry. Visitors can ...

The last time Ralph Tarka visited the U-505 at the MSI was about two years ago just before he retired from American Airlines. But he has been a geek about military history and it’s accessories for his ...

This story was originally published in the Chicago Tribune on Aug. 14, 1954: At the end of a 3,000 mile trip from the Atlantic ocean, the U-505, captured nazi submarine, was hauled ashore last evening ...

To mark the vessel’s 75th anniversary at Chicago’s Museum of Science and Industry, the museum’s U-505 submarine is getting restoration and a new explanatory exhibit. West Chicago brothers are on the ...

On June 4, 1944, the German sub known as U-505 was captured off the coast of West Africa. Tracking and disabling this elusive U-boat not only protected vital supply lines, but the swift and courageous ...