Steel Boat, Iron Hearts - Kindle version - Page 5

DesertGhost · 11-29-13, 11:51 AM

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Originally Posted by nikimcbee

So it's all tied up...
Newcastle United 2, Meduza 2

We'll try a tie breaker. (Open to everyone)

Overtime question #5:
Why did the U-505 go to Chicago?

U-505 otherwise would be used as gunnery and torpedo target, but Father John Gallery contacted President Lenox Lohr of Chicago's Museum of Science and Industry and they already planned to display a submarine so U-505 was ideal for that. With donations of Chicago residents U-505 was transported to Chicago.
There in 1954 U-505 was dedicated as a permanent exhibit and a war memorial to all the sailors who lost their lives in the battle of the Atlantic.

(hopefully I didn't overlook something this time

)

Jimbuna · 11-29-13, 11:56 AM

After the war, the Navy had no further use for U-505. She had been thoroughly examined in Bermuda, and was now moored derelict at the Portsmouth Navy Yard. It was decided to use her as a target for gunnery and torpedo practice until she sank.[23] In 1946, Gallery, now a rear admiral, told his brother Father John Gallery about this plan. Father John contacted President Lenox Lohr of Chicago's Museum of Science and Industry (MSI) to see if they would be interested in U-505. MSI, established by Chicago businessman Julius Rosenwald, was a center for "industrial enlightenment" and public science education, specializing in interactive exhibits. As the museum already planned to display a submarine, the acquisition of U-505 seemed ideal. In September 1954, U-505 was donated to Chicago by the U.S. government, a public subscription among Chicago residents raised $250,000 for transporting and installing the boat. The vessel was towed by United States Coast Guard tugs and cutters through the Great Lakes, making a stop in Detroit, Michigan in the summer of 1954. On 25 September 1954, U-505 was dedicated as a permanent exhibit and a war memorial to all the sailors who lost their lives in the two Battles of the Atlantic.

Aktungbby · 11-29-13, 12:03 PM

Captain Daniel Gallery, the commander of group 22.3 who had planned and executed the capture of U 505, was an Illinois native and a considerable author in his own right. He proposed the rescue and display of the U-505 to the Museum where it resides today and rescued it from its intended doom as a stripped out target ship in Bermuda. It was towed up the St Lawrence and Great Lakes to its present location in Chicago in 1954 and is the only surviving IXC U-boat in existence today.

Y bien venidos al Señor BIAMAKU(un poco tarde)!

Jimbuna · 11-29-13, 01:22 PM

@meduza

Could you PM me your physical address.

meduza · 11-29-13, 01:33 PM

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Originally Posted by Jimbuna

@meduza

Could you PM me your physical address.

Sent.

meduza · 11-29-13, 01:34 PM

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Originally Posted by nikimcbee

So it's all tied up...
Newcastle United 2, Meduza 2

We'll try a tie breaker. (Open to everyone)

Overtime question #5:
Why did the U-505 go to Chicago?

I guess I missed this one...

di_wenck · 12-02-13, 08:17 PM

a good book about U-505 + $3.99 = bought

I'm looking forward to this one.

Aktungbby · 12-02-13, 08:35 PM

Wha...!! yet another Kaleun brought to the surface by a good book!

Welcome formally aboard Di_wenck, on your first post!

Jimbuna · 12-03-13, 04:52 AM

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Originally Posted by di_wenck

a good book about U-505 + $3.99 = bought

I'm looking forward to this one.

Welcome Matey

zygoma · 12-03-13, 07:19 PM

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Originally Posted by DesertGhost

Haha, well as the European I am I always tend to choose for the metric units instead of the imperial units

(and for U-505 it probably also was 700m

)
but since it was an American ship I was speaking of, I will change it to 800 yards

How about 1530 cubits? That predates both Metric and Imperial, I think, although it doesn't have an international standard sitting under glass in some lab in Paris

Toodles,
-- Zyg --

Onkel Neal · 12-11-13, 08:29 AM

Ahoy fellows,

I thank you for your participation in the contest. I have gone through the questions and answers, and I am posting the following four as the winners,

Question 1
Jimbuna
http://www.subsim.com/radioroom/show...0&postcount=23

Question 2
DesertGhost
http://www.subsim.com/radioroom/show...55#post2143755

Question 3
meduza
http://www.subsim.com/radioroom/show...7&postcount=48

Question 4
Aktungbby
http://www.subsim.com/radioroom/show...2&postcount=63

You should check your PMs, thanks

Neal
SUBSIM

meduza · 12-11-13, 08:41 AM

Congratulations, fellow Kaleuns!

Big thanks to Neal, nikimcbee, Subsim and the publisher!

Jimbuna · 12-11-13, 09:54 AM

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Originally Posted by meduza

Congratulations, fellow Kaleuns!

Big thanks to Neal, nikimcbee, Subsim and the publisher!

Seconded

DesertGhost · 12-11-13, 11:48 AM

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Originally Posted by meduza

Congratulations, fellow Kaleuns!

Big thanks to Neal, nikimcbee, Subsim and the publisher!

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Originally Posted by Jimbuna

Seconded

Thirded?

It was a fun and informative trivia quiz, if I may say so!

Aktungbby · 12-11-13, 12:32 PM

11-29-13, 11:56 AM	#62
Jimbuna Chief of the Boat Join Date: Feb 2006 Location: 250 metres below the surface Posts: 181,102 Downloads: 63 Uploads: 13	After the war, the Navy had no further use for U-505. She had been thoroughly examined in Bermuda, and was now moored derelict at the Portsmouth Navy Yard. It was decided to use her as a target for gunnery and torpedo practice until she sank.[23] In 1946, Gallery, now a rear admiral, told his brother Father John Gallery about this plan. Father John contacted President Lenox Lohr of Chicago's Museum of Science and Industry (MSI) to see if they would be interested in U-505. MSI, established by Chicago businessman Julius Rosenwald, was a center for "industrial enlightenment" and public science education, specializing in interactive exhibits. As the museum already planned to display a submarine, the acquisition of U-505 seemed ideal. In September 1954, U-505 was donated to Chicago by the U.S. government, a public subscription among Chicago residents raised $250,000 for transporting and installing the boat. The vessel was towed by United States Coast Guard tugs and cutters through the Great Lakes, making a stop in Detroit, Michigan in the summer of 1954. On 25 September 1954, U-505 was dedicated as a permanent exhibit and a war memorial to all the sailors who lost their lives in the two Battles of the Atlantic. __________________ Wise men speak because they have something to say; Fools because they have to say something. Oh my God, not again!! GWX3.0 Download Page - Donation/instant access to GWX (Help SubSim)

11-29-13, 12:03 PM	#63
Aktungbby Gefallen Engel U-666 Join Date: Jul 2013 Location: On a tilted, overheated, overpopulated spinning mudball on Collision course with Andromeda Galaxy Posts: 27,842 Downloads: 22 Uploads: 0	Captain Daniel Gallery, the commander of group 22.3 who had planned and executed the capture of U 505, was an Illinois native and a considerable author in his own right. He proposed the rescue and display of the U-505 to the Museum where it resides today and rescued it from its intended doom as a stripped out target ship in Bermuda. It was towed up the St Lawrence and Great Lakes to its present location in Chicago in 1954 and is the only surviving IXC U-boat in existence today.Y bien venidos al Señor BIAMAKU(un poco tarde)! __________________ "Only two things are infinite; The Universe and human squirrelyness; and I'm not too sure about the Universe" Last edited by Aktungbby; 11-29-13 at 01:55 PM.

11-29-13, 01:22 PM	#64
Jimbuna Chief of the Boat Join Date: Feb 2006 Location: 250 metres below the surface Posts: 181,102 Downloads: 63 Uploads: 13	@meduza Could you PM me your physical address. __________________ Wise men speak because they have something to say; Fools because they have to say something. Oh my God, not again!! GWX3.0 Download Page - Donation/instant access to GWX (Help SubSim)

12-02-13, 08:17 PM	#67
di_wenck Nub Join Date: Sep 2012 Posts: 3 Downloads: 54 Uploads: 0	Autobuy a good book about U-505 + $3.99 = bought I'm looking forward to this one.

12-02-13, 08:35 PM	#68
Aktungbby Gefallen Engel U-666 Join Date: Jul 2013 Location: On a tilted, overheated, overpopulated spinning mudball on Collision course with Andromeda Galaxy Posts: 27,842 Downloads: 22 Uploads: 0	Wha...!! yet another Kaleun brought to the surface by a good book! Welcome formally aboard Di_wenck, on your first post! __________________ "Only two things are infinite; The Universe and human squirrelyness; and I'm not too sure about the Universe"

12-11-13, 08:29 AM	#71
Onkel Neal Born to Run Silent Join Date: Jan 1997 Location: Cougar Trap, Texas Posts: 21,283 Downloads: 534 Uploads: 224	Ahoy fellows, I thank you for your participation in the contest. I have gone through the questions and answers, and I am posting the following four as the winners, Question 1 Jimbuna http://www.subsim.com/radioroom/show...0&postcount=23 Question 2 DesertGhost http://www.subsim.com/radioroom/show...55#post2143755 Question 3 meduza http://www.subsim.com/radioroom/show...7&postcount=48 Question 4 Aktungbby http://www.subsim.com/radioroom/show...2&postcount=63 You should check your PMs, thanks Neal SUBSIM __________________ SUBSIM - 26 Years on the Web

12-11-13, 08:41 AM	#72
meduza Ace of the Deep Join Date: Apr 2007 Location: on patrol Posts: 1,035 Downloads: 40 Uploads: 0	Congratulations, fellow Kaleuns! Big thanks to Neal, nikimcbee, Subsim and the publisher! __________________

12-11-13, 12:32 PM	#75
Aktungbby Gefallen Engel U-666 Join Date: Jul 2013 Location: On a tilted, overheated, overpopulated spinning mudball on Collision course with Andromeda Galaxy Posts: 27,842 Downloads: 22 Uploads: 0	battin' cleanup (#4) __________________ "Only two things are infinite; The Universe and human squirrelyness; and I'm not too sure about the Universe"