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Class Trip Michele SorkinScott SchafferMatt Lightfoot
Computers and TechnologyEDU 504 NP
Holy Family UniversityDr. Herman
March 1, 2005
The Museum of Science and Industry
57th Street and Lake Shore DriveChicago, IL 60637
The Museum• Admission
Free to Illinois Students, and one chaperone per ten students
●TransportationFree bus
● LunchStudents will pack lunch
U-505 Submarine Visit
Purpose•To see the U-505 submarine exhibit
•To learn about WWII naval warfare, and the role of the U-505 submarine class
•To enable students to have a hands on learning experience
•To learn about the significance of the capture of a naval vessel
The History of the U-505• In 1944, the United States Navy USS
Guadalcanal Task Group 22.3’s captured the U-505 submarine off the coast of Africa
• The U-505 was the only German submarine captured by the U.S. Navy during World War II and the code books seized from the submarine greatly assisted the Allied effort
• The U-505 is a National Historic Landmark, the only U-boat of its type in the United States and the only Type IX-C submarine left in the world
Student Favorites
•Control Room
•Conning Tower
•Engine Room
•Torpedo Storage
•Enigma Machine
Control Room
•Nerve center of the ship•Two Planesmen•Navigational maps•Radar•Periscope Column•Main confrontational room during takeover
Conning Tower
• Two periscopes• Speaking tubes• Above Control Room
Engine Rooms•Two diesel engines•Deafening noise•Extremely hot•Surface running only•Recharged batteries
•Two electrical engines•Ran on battery power•Slower than diesel •Underwater running•Desalinization machine
Torpedo Rooms•Bow and Stern•Stored food and parts•Crew members shared bunks•Emergency steering•Stored ten torpedoes per room
Enigma Machine•Purpose for the mission•Two machines
•Experimental•Normal
•Decoded messages
Completely assembled German message: AUF BEFEHL DES OBERSTEN BEFEHLSHABERS SIND IM FALLE X Z X ZT X UNWAHRSCHEINLICHEN X FRANZOESISQEN ANGRIFFS DIE WESTBEFESTIGUNGEN JEDER ZAHLENMAESSIGEN UEBERLEGENHEIT ZUM TROTZ ZU HALTEN X English translation: The Commander-in-Chief orders as follows: In the case of French attacks on the western fortifications, although unlikely at this moment, those fortifications must be held at all costs, even against numerically superior forces.
Other Educational Exhibits
Thank you for your support!
Michele, Matt, Scott
All photos courtesy of www.msichicago.org