Photographs from the Battle of the Atlantic

80-G-49169 The USS Guadalcanal (CVE-60) approaches the captured German U-boat 505 to take aboard the towline. Members of the Guadalcanal (CVE-60) boarding party can be seen in the background.

80-G-49170 The USS Guadalcanal (CVE-60) lies alongside the captured German U-boat 505. Men of the boarding party are visible on the raider.

80-G-49171 The stars and stripes flutter from the conning tower of the captured Nazi U-boat 505. Taken from USS Guadalcanal (CVE-60) before towing operation got underway.

80-G-49172 Members of the boarding party from the USS Pillsbury (DE-133) secure the tow line to the bow of the captured German U-boat 505.

80-G-49173 German crewmen from the captured U-boat 505, ascend a Jacobs ladder to board the USS Guadalcanal (CVE-60). WIth them they bring the body of the only casualty. Killed by strafing when he attempted to man a gun aboard the U-boat.

80-G-49174 Landing flaps lowered a Navy TBM lands aboard the USS Gaudalcanal (CVE-60), which has the U-boat 505 in tow. The escort carrier maintained flight operation for days despite the fact that it was towing the sub.

80-G-49175 Interior of the after-torpedo room of the U-boat 505 captured in the South Atlantic.

80-G-49176 Captain Danial V. Gallery, Commander of USS Guadalcanal (CVE-60) on conning tower of captured German U-boat 505 prior to its being taken in tow by the USS Guadalcanal.

80-G-49355 The gaping hole torn by a Nazi torpedo shore up, the USS Menges (DE-320) (left) rests in a drydock at the New York Navy Yard, New York, beside the USS Holder (DE-401) before the surgery was performed which gave the Menges the stern of the Holder.

80-G-49356 USS Menges (DE-320), her stern blown off by a Nazi torpedo in the Mediterrean in May of 1944. Workmen grafted the stern of another torpedoed destroyer, USS Holder (DE-401), to her as it rested in a drydock at the New York Navy Yard during the grafting operation.

80-G-49357 Severed from the battered USS Holder (DE-401) (right), the stern is shifted into position behind the USS Menges (DE-320) in a drydock at the New York Navy Yard, New York.

80-G-49358 The stern of USS Holder (DE-401) is shown in position before being firmly joined to the USS Menges (DD-320) in a drydock at the New York Navy Yard, New York. At the right is the hull of the USS Holder (DE-401).

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