Type IX submarine
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The Type IX U-boat was a class of large U-boats built for Nazi Germany's Kriegsmarine from 1936 to 1945. Derived from the preceding Type I class, it was designed as a large ocean-going submarine for s
U-505, a type IXC U-boat
This picture distinguishes the larger Type IX in the background with its double hull and wide upper deck, from the smaller Type VII in the foreground with its saddle tanks.
The salvaged U-534 at Birkenhead Docks, Merseyside, England.
The Japanese RO-500 ( ex-U-511 )
German submarine U-505
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U-505, briefly known as the USS Nemo, is a German Type IXC submarine built for Germany's Kriegsmarine during World War II. She was captured by the United States Navy on 4 June 1944 and survives as a m
Type IX submarine
…their crews in Operation Regenbogen or later by the British in Operation Deadlight. A few survivors served in foreign navies. Two Type IX are preserved: U-505 was captured at sea and survives at the Museum of Science and Industry in Chicago and U-534 was sunk on 5 May 1945, but raised and is on display at…
U-505 shortly after being captured, pictured from the USS Pillsbury in preparation for towing
Depth charges explode near the German submarine U-505 in the Atlantic Ocean on 4 June 1944
USS Guadalcanal lying alongside the captured U-505
Marker at the Museum of Science and Industry