A U.S. Warship Fires an Anti-Sub Weapon on a German U-Boat

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My Dad served on the USCG Arundel in the Battle of the Atlantic WWII, headed to the South Pacific at the end of the war. Enlisted at age 17 in 1942 right out of high school, exited for a non military career with New England Telephone in 1946. Well done, Dad. (1924-2018).

Just like that movie; Das Boot.

I was born in 1948. Every elementary schoolchild went to the Museum Of Science And Industry in Chicago at least once. Two of the highlights were the coal mine and U505. U505 was captured by Admiral Gallery. Her Enigma Machine and code books helped win the war..

Hedgehog, another British invention, first used in 1940

This is the same head hunting group responsible for capturing the U-505, now at the Museum of Science and Industry…… Gallery was almost court martialed for that action…..

It was called "Hedgehog," because, when unloaded it looked like one. Americans would've called it a porcupine, but the weapon was British.

What's more interesting is that this task force sailed with the specific intention of driving a U-boat to the surface so that it could be captured. They succeeded with the U-505, which now on display at the Museum of Industry in Chicago. As a boy I walked through it.

That's U 505 not 515. The Uboat was captured. I

as a submariner you must ask yourself if you go to war, do i really want to die inside this tub

1. I heard 4 explosions

A great story, but a poor representation of US sailors, long hair and everyone having a beard. US sailors in WW2 on board surface ships shaved and maintained a clean appearance. At least according to my father, who served in the Navy during World War Two.

A little attention to the haircuts and shaving might have made it look a little more accurate

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A Great British weapon

I guess they already got rid of their Enigma machine.

The captain of U-515 was killed while trying to escape P.O.W. camp late 1944 .

As usual they don't mention the hedgehog was a British invention

Called a hedgehog because it looked like it had porcupine quills…..so wouldn’t they have called it porcupine…

"Mister Hirsch, step away from that bulkhead. The shockwave from one of these explosions could snap your spine." - Lieutenant Andrew Tyler U-571

Ram them

One day, the US Navy will invent something for ASW. Until then, they rely on the British, Dutch, and Germans to invent everything they use. They will, however, continue to pretend that they invented sonar, depth charges, hedgehog, ASW homing torpedoes, towed arrays, convoys, etc., just as they pretend they captured Enigma

Incomplete explanation of the characteristics of a hedgehog vs a depth charge.

He should have surfaced during the night

Very interesting story and exciting

At least those sailors in the U-Boat survived the war & didn't cause more suffering to others. Good for everyone!

"Its my first day"

Oh,the US Navy uniform in this video are awful. Coming from the Smithsonian I would have expected them to research a bit better. The story was done well, but I was completely distracted by the uniforms. I don’t know German uniforms, but I bet they were mangled too.

‘And then the Americans release a dogshit of freedom’

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אין כמו אימא בעולם!!!!!!!

It's crazy how good we become at killing

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he in checkmate

Just think about NOT BATHING during a U-Boat patrol for weeks at a time. These guys must've smelled pretty darned rank and gross. I don't think I could have gotten close to those Germans coming out of that steel tube. A dead skunk might have smelled like a flower compared to the U-Boaters being at sea for weeks and not being able to even wipe down with a damp wash rag.

the hedgehog scene was recoded on USS Stewart, i went to that ship so many times id recognize it from 100 miles away

That is one branch of service I would not want to be in during wartime.

The terror experienced by sailors in a U-boat under attack is un imaginable.

Type VII C TYPE IX

LOL, call that defeat, sounds like a huge win to me not to drown in the ocean

Ah man, I miss using that stuff against surface vessels in NavyField. Surprisingly effective.

The USS O'Flaherty was a John C Butler class destroyer escort

Being attacked by a hedgehog mortar could even be more terrifying than depth charges. You might not seen hear to mortars coming on sonar amongst the noise of enemy ships etc. Suddenly, your sub is rocked by a silent killer sea mortar round, with the enemy destroyer still behind you but still able to attack and keep track of you. The first encounter with a hedgehog mortar for the German U-boats must have been absolutely terrifying.

Why isn't the navy crew wearing any wests and helmets in this battle?

Admiral Daniel V. Gallery also captured U-505, now berthed in Chicago. The last time the US Navy captured an enemy vessel was during the War of 1812. Admiral Gallery would write both non-fiction and some of the funniest books I've ever read.

The fuze caps were still on the hedgehogs when fired.

The sound of the hedgehog firing is not even remotely like it sounded in real life. Also the haircuts of all the American officers is a travesty to how an American naval officer looked like in WWII.

Who thought it would be a good idea to drown out the narration with awful background music!

With all the movies and books I read regarding WWII, I never heard of this anti-sub weapon before.

One mistake the U boat involved was not the 515 it was the 505 captured by Admiral Daniel Gallery ( a Chicago native whose brother happened to be the commissioner of the Chicago Park District) he quickly gave the order the first time it was given
Since the war of 1812 of Away All Boarders a boarding party got to the sub in time to close the seacocks and disable the scuttling charges, it was the first time that an operational Uboat was captured during the war, the boat was towed to Bermuda where it was hidden, and it's crew was placed under quarantine to conceal the fact that it had been captured intact, along with its code books, and it's enigma machine, after the war it was towed to Chicago, where it was placed alongside the Museum of Science And Industry, where it remained for many years before an addition to house it and other large exhibits was built, tours of it led to my nephews becoming a submariner in the U.S Navy.