On June 4, 1944, Task Group 22.3 forced German submarine U-505 to the surface near Cape Verde. The crew tried to scuttle the boat, but a US boarding party rushed aboard, seized code materials, stopped ...
In 1944, the US Navy launched an unprecedented operation to seize an enemy submarine intact. After forcing U 505 to surface, an American boarding party raced against flooding and booby traps to secure ...