But on June 4, 1944, the U.S. Navy successfully captured U-505, a German Type IX-C submarine. The concept of capturing a German submarine was hatched after a Navy hunter-killer team named the ...

The U-505 Constructed at the docks of Hamburg, Germany, the U-505 was one of the German navy's Type IX-class submarines, a long-range attack boat developed with longer dive times and agility ...

Italy had two types of cruiser submarines: the Ettore Fieramosca and the four Cagni-class boats. The Germans built some of their Type IX subs for long-range duty similar to that of cruiser submarines.

Japanese submarine designers moved out from under ... Typical were the coastal boats (Type II), long-range boats (Type IX), and jack-of-all-trades boats (Type VII), which became the mainstay ...

In March, the Allies intercepted a message from German Admiral Godt dispatching seven Type IX long-range submarines to “attack targets in American coastal zone” as part of an attack group ...

In March, the Allies intercepted a message from German Admiral Godt dispatching seven Type IX long-range submarines to “attack targets in American coastal zone” as part of an attack group ...