Life Inside a WWII Type IXC Submarine (Cross Section)

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[@arcaderdude]

Gu oxygen so r ill when i by Ugo gu rjt8h

[@arcaderdude]

No

[@davidspencer8373]

Like video

[@ejharvey2764]

I never thought this was your authentic voice. I thought it was a through-voice filter.

[@josepholiver6733]

Cool face reveal

[@rongendron8705]

I went on the U505 in a Chicago museum, about 20 years ago & was fortunate to have a former WWII, U-Boat sailor going through the tour, with me! He said the Commander of the 505 was his boat's Exec-Officer, when he served! His description of "life on U-boats", was way more informative than the museum's guide! Cramped quarters would be an understatement!

[@carlsaganlives6086]

Wow, sounds like you met the '505 Ambassador' a friendly ghost who enjoys joining the tour from time to time, reminiscing. Happy to be "living" along the lake in Chicago now, by all accounts. Polar opposite of those scary clowns or creepy skeletons. ⚓

[@robtankbuster5215]

Amazing story!

[@minotaurei]

Hans Goebler. His book is called Steel Boats Iron Hearts. Very good book.

[@starzkream]

I just recently visited the U-505. It is amazing. For anybody who ever visits Chicago, it is a must-see.

[@malcomx1924]

@@starzkreamwho wants to visit Chicago anymore? BIxck ppI claimed/ruined the city. My old highschool used to go there on field trips when I was younger, but I heard they canceled it due to how dangerous it is.

[@cha5]

Das Boot is the essential submarine movie.

[@scottanno8861]

ERIKA

[@WessyD123]

yea, Run Silent Run Deep was pretty good too

[@waschte123]

But the original, not the remake

[@cha5]

@@waschte123 Yes of course. 😂

[@carlsaganlives6086]

Essential movie, period. But yeah, not the one starring Kelsey Grammar.

[@erickam6733]

I've seen the U505 up close and personal at the museum, it really is a tight fit! There are also so many knobs and levers that operated the submarine that i didn't even know what to do with! Truly a fascinating part of history and a great link to the past and a part of the Second World War that isn't talked about much.

[@IvanPlayyz]

I was in it

[@Plugneedsahug]

@@IvanPlayyz chicago?

[@IvanPlayyz]

@@Plugneedsahug yes and the U505

[@Kelnx]

I've been in a couple of those old boats, including American variants, and yeah it's really tight. I served on a more modern 688 class, which I wouldn't consider "luxury" by any means, but definitely night and day difference compared to the old U boats and WWII US subs. While the "everything smelling like diesel/lube oil", hot racking/bunking, and cans of food shoved everywhere were still things on a modern nuclear sub, we at least had showers. Tiny ones and you got like 5 minutes to use it, but we at least had them. Without that and enough space to stow like a mid-size suitcase worth of clothes items, it would have been pretty hellish after a month.

[@grontelp77]

It’s a fantastic exhibit!

[@oatmeal0]

Love how much the animation has improved on this channel.

[@Yotarian]

Brings me back to when I used to have all those cross section books. Had castles, boats, heavy construction, the space shuttle, etc. It was so cool to see inside them.

[@aceous99]

those books are the best

[@danvondrasek]

I love those books, even in my 30s. Always fun finding "the pooper".

[@MKJ23]

Spot on was just thinking bout that

[@neutralino1905]

Stephen Biesty is awesome.

[@shammy8703]

and no ads in the middle....

[@elitely6748]

Man I love cross sections for vehicles, machines anything! Great video as always Simple History!

[@JayZeeeeeeee]

Shut up

[@shadow_7355]

The most unexpected face reveal in history

[@maxjendri4677]

Never saw your Face lol

[@jonnytaylor5822]

Whoaaa lol not what I expected

[@micahdadbeh5955]

@@jonnytaylor5822 look up Chris Kane. That’s the guy’s channel.

[@augustuswayne9676]

Me either . Not what I expected.

[@adampatino5372]

Me neither. I regret it

[@Macadamia923]

Kinda expected a tall, dark and handsome. Oh well.

[@bubbalo3388]

I toured the Battleship Missouri and submarine Bowfin in Oahu. The Missouri was an amazing experience to see, but the Bowifn I felt was the most amazing. The Missouri was kind of what I imagined it would be. The Bowfin on the other hand made me rethink how cramped I imagined it would be. I imagined space would be tight, but not that tight. It was very interesting and eye opening to imagine being crammed into such a tiny space with others for so long. And it was eerie thinking being so confined underwater and being hunted. It's a coffin. You just can't abandon ship. Every fear one can imagine of dying from is all there. Great respect for people who served on submarines during the war.

[@ronjones9447]

The American subs are Cadillacs compared to German subs

[@MyLateralThawts]

Excellent video. I believe I’m not the only one who would like to see a follow up video covering the Type XXI U-Boot.

[@robtankbuster5215]

Amazing sub , way ahead of it's time.

[@germanperp651]

I was in the U505 in Chicago 6 years ago. They toed the sub through the greate lakes and had a huge system to essentially roll the sub and lower it into the new addition of the museum, then built the ceiling over it. They also had to cut the top of the conning tower off so it would fit the new space. It is also extremely cramped inside. Much more than the video can explain. I honestly have no idea how 50 sailors could work in those cramped conditions. I would develop claustrophobia pretty quickly.

[@aceous99]

and nobody could bathe for 3 months... I wouldn't last a week inside.

[@carlsaganlives6086]

....and no Prozac.

[@trainliker100]

Actually, in 1954, after getting it through the Great Lakes, it was originally transported from the shore of Lake Michigan over land (across Lake Shore Drive) and displayed OUTSiDE of the museum. For many years it shared that location with the New York Central 999 steam locomotive and Chicago, Burlington & Quincy Pioneer Zephyr streamlined diesel train (both displayed inside the museum today). Also, outside was the very large Atchison, Topeka & Santa Fe 4-8-4 No. 2903 steam engine which is now at the Illinois Railway Museum. It wasn't until 2004 that, due to continuing damage from being out in the weather, they constructed the subterranean display area for the submarine. And they did a fantastic job of it.

[@lordnugget5225]

I’ve been in multiple submarines before and the U-505 is very tiny inside but massive on the outside it is a very cool ship and I’ve seen footage in the museum of them capturing the submarine. When I compared the U-505 to an American Gato Class the Gato was about a third larger and much more spacious.

[@novacolonel5287]

Go visit U 96 at Laboe, a Type VIIC. THAT is tiny inside.

[@bmw_m4255]

Gato madre

[@alexanderleach3365]

I saw U-505 in Chicago. She's a marvelous U-boat. THe first enemy ship captured by the US Navy since the War of 1812.

[@lindaoneil5085]

I visited the U-505 some years ago, and the best part was the simulated depth charge explosion near the hull. There was a tremendous explosion that violently shook the sub and the lights flickered. It was a sobering experience, realizing the dangers that submarine crews faced. Sinking to the bottom of the ocean and no way to get out......chilling thought.

[@gianlucamai]

Simulatore??

[@bmw_m4255]

Did they flood the vess3l and waterboard you too ?

[@lindaoneil5085]

@@bmw_m4255 Get lost, troll.

[@travishabursky4362]

I’ve been in that boat multiple times in my life, such a beautiful vessel.

[@Daniel_McDonald]

Man, World of Warships really takes us back to the good old days of fighting wars from behind our computers.

[@louisavondart9178]

No Uboots had refrigerators. The type XX1 did have a freezer. If you want to see one of those engineering marvels, visit Bremerhaven. It's museum ship called the Wilhelm Bauer.

[@andrewmontgomery5621]

Perfect for my birthday yesterday and also a fitting tribute to the man who gave us Das Boot (The Boat) Wolfgang Petersen who passed away last year.

[@Pgb633]

Happy Birthday

[@azimisyauqieabdulwahab9401]

Another famous film including Air Force One, Troy & Poseidon (Remake version from 1972 The Poseidon Adventure)

[@Someonethatyouysedtoknowlol]

The Legend finally showed us his face

[@kbzworld]

Literally my favorite of any visit to the museum of science and industry in chicago is seeing the U505

[@cxrive]

Never seen your face, but seen almost all your content, keep it up as I learn more history!

[@danvondrasek]

I've been in U505 about 100 times growing up. Single handedly spawned my love of military vehicles and navy ships.

[@average_joe8905]

U-505 has been on my visit list for quite sometime, but haven't been able to make it to Chicago for long enough to see her.

[@FinlayDaG33k]

3:47 Knowing that most U-Boats after 1941 used the G7e(TIII) fish, which weighted around 1500kg a pop, those sailors just "casually" lifing that torpedo must have been absolutely jacked and/or high on pervitin.

[@therealspeedwagon1451]

And probably on other steroids and drugs if they’re jacked enough to lift a 1500kg torpedo.

[@catalinbadalan4463]

"zis iz mein veapon, ziz iz mein gunn." (pair of German sailors, probably..)

[@jano867]

I literally just toured u-505 yesterday, amazing timing

[@lauraveretenikoff8271]

I went there in Chicago and saw the U-505. I took the tour through it. I really enjoyed the tour and the exhibit. So much to learn. Thanks for posting this. Great video 👍

[@Jman5000-m7w]

where at is chicago

[@smtoonturkce]

*Being inside WW2 submarine was often times a straight death sentence*

[@modelermark172]

The first thing that came to mind when I saw the thumbnail was that in the mid-1970's, the Revell Plastic Model Kit Company released a 1/125 scale model of the U-47 (though this was a Type VII) with a detailed, cutaway interior including figures. This is an impressive kit that's still available today. Seeing this brought back plenty of memories of building that model. Thanks for sharing this!

[@abbcc5996]

back then ww2 was a recent memory to many. crazy to think about

[@modelermark172]

@@abbcc5996 WW2 is still the most popular modeling subject; at least for those of us "of a certain age." At my local hobby shop, the old timers are in the isles with the planes, ships, armor, and car kits. The few customers under 20 are usually in the Gundam isle.

[@Mike0193Azul]

The museum of science and industry is fantastic

[@evansnyder430]

This was the first I'd seen SH's face. I always knew there was a catch for these being such good videos. He had to give up his ginger sole to create such glorious content!

[@quantumx9729]

Ah yes the AA FlaK cannon, truly a masterpiece "Anti air flight defence cannon cannon" has got to be one of my favourite terms when it comes to weaponry

[@drjohnwarren12]

Dan Gallery was a friend of mine and occasionally visited him at his home, Avast Heaving, in Northern Virginia. One of his favorite stories was how nervous it made him to tow the U-505 all the way across the Atlantic behind his aircraft carrier. He was well aware that the torpedo tubes were loaded and that the ship had a number of curious aboard who might be tempted to play with the various knobs and levers. He held that he didn't get any sleep during the entire trip from off the coast of Africa to Bermuda

[@PeterFendel]

🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣

[@guodzillakaiju5683]

My uncle was mentored by Capt. Gallery during officer's training in the Navy.

[@cheapolegunguy]

I've been in the U-505 several times as a kid, always a high point at the museum.

[@adammetzger4182]

Thank you for covering the u 505! Probably my favorite museum exhibit

[@matthewmoran5297]

The Musuem of Science and Industry is one of the reasons why I love living close to Chicago. Exhibits like the Pioneer Zephyr, the _Great Train Story_ , and the space center are all fine, but it's the U-505 that keeps me coming back.

[@AndrewPonti]

You need to do something on the U-1105 "Black Panther" sub that had experimental rubber sheathing that was tested as a stealth sub by the Germans, and later captured by the US and is now at the bottom of the Potomac here in MD. I work for a museum that will be doing a new exhibit on it!

[@luisarciniega5387]

U-505 was my 1965 high school history term paper. I saw 505 in 1995 in Chicago. I was not aware of the dimensions nor its capacities until today. My history teacher emphasised over time we would always add to our papers.Thanks

[@racialconsciousness6996]

I've been aboard the U-505 nearly a dozen times, down in Chicago.

[@dorothygale5896]

The museum of science & industry is well worth a special trip as are nearly all museums.

[@cannonball666]

"Do you know how to operate an enigma?" "Ja, bend over" "Mein Gott, I said enigma not enema!"

[@katsarelas1947]

Oh, that’s what it’s called? We did hot bunking for county workers drafted to work during Hurricane Ian. We’re actually not sure who’s bunk was being re-used, the schedule was kinda hectic sooo sometimes you came from a 12 hour shift and a random dude is in your bunk, sometimes your stuff was completely untouched and nobody was assigned your bed.

[@alexhulsebos5401]

5:03 I believe this is a Raiders of the Lost Ark reference. If it is one, then I love the inclusion!

[@Office_De_Receiver_Complaints]

Makes me think of U571...An underrated movie.

[@crazyeen1564]

Can you do another video like this of the Japanese I-400 Submarine?

[@NotReallyRussel]

Cross Sections are now my new favorite from this channel. We can may be to other Cross-Section videos

[@NotaCoolguy1246]

These are my favorite types of videos!

[@michaelmorrigan614]

I cant wait until the "Uboat" developers finish the Type IX DLC. Patrolling off the east coast of America will be exciting, and give the Brits a much needed break from my escapades 😊

[@bullitzfromabove5376]

Same, cannot wait😊

[@kennetth1389]

Subs,even modern ones, are some of the coolest vessels ever constructed That said, you would never convince me to serve on one.

[@eldridgedavis]

Same lol. Screw that haha 😆

[@nicholasmoore2590]

I've visited u-534 at Birkenhead a couple of times. She has been cut into sections but not restored inside, although she's in pretty good shape. The ends of the sections are glassed to keep her weatherproof. u-570, a Type VIIC, was captured by the Royal Navy and was then put into service by her captors as HMS Graph in August 1941. She served until grounding during a storm in March 1944, finally being scrapped in 1960.

[@ratagris21]

Remember regarding the toilet "we have to eat in order to use it!" Or something like that according to Das Boot.

[@samueldocski4426]

I am from Chicago, loved seeing this vessel in person while attending Elementary and High School.

[@zachvalderrama7323]

I'm watching das boot rn, So why not...

[@Harbinger37]

Damn, man. After years of seeing your persona animated with your Voice it's a shock seeing the real thing.

[@NexusBreeze99]

Would be interesting if you’d make a comparison video for a WW1 sub!

[@Intrusive_Thought176]

Same

[@JoeJ94611]

A U-Boat commander wrote about visiting a crewman tried to commit suicide on leave rather than returning to duty on a U-Boat.

[@emagunt3126]

It's insane how accurate is Das Boot.Amazing film on a tough reality

[@JazzJaRa]

well for the movie the rebuild the complete inside of a Type VII/C submarine up exactly how they looked like up to the last screw. Also the actors weren't allowed to shave or go out in the sunlight. The also was an accident while filming which was kept in the movie because it looked realistic.

[@emagunt3126]

@@JazzJaRa which incident?

[@JazzJaRa]

@@emagunt3126 In the stormy weather one of the actors got injured. They were using water canons to simulate the stormy weather and one of the actors was hit by it and broke a few ribs. Someone shouted "Man overboard" and the regisseur thought he was acting and just said "Good idea!". The actor spend the rest of the movie in bed.

[@jehb8945]

As a citizen of Illinois I've been to this submarine twice in my lifetime and I also read that admiral gallery who captured it was almost court-martial because he was supposed to sink the U-boats as the code breakers in bletchley Park and U505 was captured just a few days before D-Day which would have been disastrous if the Germans had found this out

[@patrickharvey158]

The exhibit itself has changed so much in my short lifetime when I was a child and frequented the MSI the sub was outside next to the space center where the smart house now resides there was a torpedo outside the entrance and the tour of the sub was all three was to the exhibit I remember the immense project it was to bring the sub to where it now resides in its own exhibit made to look like a sub dock and it is fully immersive as well as touring the sub

[@1down4upworkshop61]

I've been able to turn a Balao-class submarine here in Philadelphia. The Submarine Becuna (SS-319)... Was an awesome insight into what those submariners had to endure during the war ...

[@สวัสดีโมบาย-ฤ8ท]

0:01 what the arleigh burke class destroyer doin

[@ernestchoi4464]

Loved the museum of science and industry in Chicago, IL

[@Shrump_92]

Fun fact, I’ve been on that submarine here in Chicago. It’s quite fascinating and really cool to look and take a tour on that submarine.

[@SirSpinalColumn]

That’s not really the idea of “fun facts”

[@carlsaganlives6086]

@@SirSpinalColumn Yeah, we need proof you were there.

[@huskaroar6869]

Das Boot truly captured the horrors of U Boat missions

[@ton_of_law5024]

At the museum of since and industry or the msi in Chicago, there is one of these that saw action in ww2 and you can take a tour of the inside

[@TCW838]

Remember seeing U505 @ the Muesum of Science & Industry and learning the story of how it was placed there during a school trip. As amazing as the sub itself is, the story of getting it back to the US, then to Chicago and finally into the Museum is actually more impressive.

[@billmuray]

I was on a Submarine once. Its fun if you are not into the deepsea.

[@michaelmccoy7986]

As a young boy , my dad and I would go over to 57st and watch the U505 being towed from the lake across the Outerdrive to the Museum of Science and Industry. Traffic was Detoured, a trestle was built, took about a week...

[@alecaquino4306]

There's no point in you inserting ads in your videos. Most of us just skip over them.

[@michaellong2661]

Interesting that I get a notification about ol U-505. As a kid, I did a sleepover on it. At the time, it was just sitting outside in the Chicago winters and summers without much in terms of ventilation. Now, the indoor display has changed dramatically and for the better. Highly recommend it (at the Museum of Science and Industry) if you're in the Chicago area. Oh and the rest of the museum is cool too.

[@michaelbrideau6713]

God bless those brave sailors and thank you for your service.

[@asordidlobster]

Are you taking about the Germans or the allied seamen?

[@Rex-mr8bw]

@@asordidlobsterboth

[@boostio2720]

@@asordidlobster I assume both.

[@Lilinator81]

@@asordidlobsteris there a difference. Brave men fighting for their homeland and dying for the greater Plans of some Elites or Politicans

[@boonamai8926]

A german U boat sailor said in a german documentary:"They made an excellent war machine but forgot that people have to live in there too"

[@tdestroyer1882]

After this one, it would be epic for one on a Japanese submarine!

[@robscott8296]

Or a American one

[@hiimryan2388]

Ah the warcriminator

[@shipsability]

@@hiimryan2388 Japanese submarines sank countless of hospital ships, like the AHS Centaur. A bit funny but also sad.

[@carlsaganlives6086]

Maybe about those wacky single seater one-way, single-use models. Training time: 5 minutes showing you how to steer, then sayonara. Yikes!

[@davidvavra9113]

Native Chicagoan here, yep that's our sub

[@cannonball666]

"This food sucks. Can we order pizza?" "Nein, der Italians don't have an enigma"

[@ozymandias1758]

Here at 8:22 the way the sailor eats the chocolate with zest😂I found the animations and the crunching sounds to be entertaining and soothing, I watched it over and over like a mini tiktok clip. Now I need some good chocolate..

[@noahboat580]

Its neat how people are seeing his face now and phasing-out that little soldier boy for sponsorships. Its a lot better that way ngl

[@danvondrasek]

You didn't watch the whole video. He literally ends the video with that fact

[@georgelove767]

I visited this boat in 1978. I am still impressed that nearly 60 men could live and work in this cramped space and not kill each other. Tough people.

[@tomhenry897]

Socialist All for the state No individualism

[@stevew6138]

Damn it, U-505 is on display in Shitcago and I'm just a few hours away. Gotta get there one day.

[@azimisyauqieabdulwahab9401]

U-571

[@rjohnson80100]

I have a museum membership to MSI. I see the sub like every other month. It is great. Im so glad it was moved in door. When I was a kid and go to the museum it was outside for decades. It was slowly falling apart outside. Now it is really restored and looking great.

[@ZestyZaza420]

Could you maybe make a video of U-955 the only type VII C/41 existing to my knowledge? ❤

[@politicsuncensored5617]

I am glad that they saved U-505 as a museum ship. I wished we had did this with the U.S.S. Enterprise CV-6. We need to preserve history as much as we can. Shalom

[@josephhelgersonjoseph6115]

0:00 WTF is a Burke class destroyer doing in WW2?

[@sargesacker2599]

4:16 We can also add a WW1 vintage battleship with lattice masts to the list.

[@silversurfer3202]

I was able to walk through and tour the 505. It's presently at the Museum of Science and Industry, Chicago IL. It's an experience I'll never forget!!!

[@averageguy1261]

Curious, how many in your production crew?

[@lagueuxrobert]

My favorite channel. Allways delivered.

[@khoile976]

Not a fan of the Chicago museum’s tour of U-505. The tickets are pricy for what amounts to a 20 minute tour, the tour guides hardly know what they’re talking about beyond the notecards they’re told to memorize, and worst of all they’ve modified the ship. The floor in the petty officers bunk room for example has been torn out and replaced with a lower floor panel so that people would feel less claustrophobic. And yet the floor they should have torn out was the one in either of the the torpedo rooms so that we can actually go in there. But no, the torpedo rooms are off limits because “the panels are original”

[@aka99]

okay! still a cool piece of history.

[@khoile976]

@@aka99 never said it wasn’t. I just don’t appreciate the Chicago museum of industry

[@aka99]

@@khoile976 Have you been to Laboe U-995?

[@pabcu2507]

Hopefully the toilet doesn’t cause it to sink

[@johnleeson6946]

Very good video. Thanks! I served on a nuclear-powered Attack Submarine in the '80s. It was bigger, but still cramped. Crew of about 110-120. Couple of things, though. All subs are called, "boats." You went back-and-forth a few times. Also, the diesel engines were not connected directly to the screws. Your illustration kinda confused me a bit. They were diesel generators supplying electric motors, same ones the batteries supplied. Better speed control since diesel engines run more efficiently at a constant speed. The crew members in the Maneuvering Room control the power supply to the motors. They also could be used to charge the batteries while running on the surface. I've toured the U-505 several times. I'm always at the back of the line so I can spend more time looking at what interests me!

[@Andrewa2224]

Face reveal 😮😮

[@starzkream]

I read about a sailor who had served on a u-boat who said that the diesel fumes were so heavily absorbed by their bodies that when on shore, for days, their sweat (and other bodily waste) smelled like diesel fuel. It would take days for the body to expel all of the fumes. Even the clothes that they wore AFTER their tour of duty would end up smelling like fuel.

[@crevetta6128]

Can you please add metric measurements?

[@StevenCovey-ct3sx]

Brings back memories. I loved my time in the U-Boat fleet. But we lost a lot of good men. My biggest fear was the terror of hearing high speed screws…

[@Pjay444]

Das Boot!

[@ec6052]

Never heard "sub-variant" used so literally before!

[@dinisfonseca6305]

Possess* not Posess

[@LordShadrach]

We finally get to see the face behind the channel. I am proud of this channel!! One of my personal favorites.

[@Livinghighandwise]

So good.. Please keep them coming!

[@behindthespotlight7983]

72,000 views in 10 hours. Outstanding. Here’s to one day seeing 720,000 views in 10 hours. This channel is awesome. I tweet it all the time 👏🏼👏🏼👏🏼👏🏼👏🏼👏🏼

[@lordbarristertimsh8050]

Maybe do one about life on one of the long range Type X U-boats, or one on life in a British Submarine of WW2? Maybe something earlier, something about WWI submarines?