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Capture of U-505 | |||||||
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Part of the battle of the Atlantic of World War II | |||||||
Captain Daniel V. Gallery on the bridge of the captured German submarine U-505 on 4 June 1944 | |||||||
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Belligerents | |||||||
United States | Germany | ||||||
Commanders and leaders | |||||||
Units involved | |||||||
Task Group 22.3
| U-505 | ||||||
Strength | |||||||
1 escort carriers 5 destroyer escorts 2 fighter planes | 1 submarine | ||||||
Casualties and losses | |||||||
1 fleet carrier sunk 1 destroyer sunk ~150 aircraft destroyed 307 killed,[1] including 3 killed as prisoners |
1 submarine captured 1 killed 3 injured 58 captured |