German submarines captured by U.S. Navy shops off West Africa.

German submarines captured by U.S. Navy shops off West Africa. With a boathhook poised to prevent a crash against the U-505's conning tower, men of the U.S.S. Pillsbury, a destroyer escort prepare to board the German submarine whose decks are already awash. Members of the boarding party, headed by an engineerind-officer, risked their lives in capturing the enemy shipintact. The vessel might have blown up at any minute from demolition charges set by the german crew before the abandened her.