Ya, the U-505 is way cool. I was there a few years back, before I even got interested in *cough* obsessed with *cough* that aspect of WWII warfare, but it still was the first "must see" exhibit on my list once I knew it was there. And I was utterly fascinated by it.
The thing that struck me the hardest when going through the boat was how unbelievably small the interior was. I remember getting to the end of the tour and thinking, "okay, so where's the rest of the boat?" and then looking around and realizing - there IS no "rest of the boat." And then wondering how anybody withstood living like that, with a full crew, for weeks on end - not even figuring in the potential hazards of enemy contact.
Basically about all I remember about that day is the u-boat and the NASA exhibit, because I'm a hopeless geek. I did not know that story about one of her captains shooting himself though. Yikes.
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