To avoid capture, the Germans attempted to sink the U-boat with time bombs throughout the submarine and opened a sea strainer that caused water to rush inside the hull. US Navy sailors who boarded ...

He was the only USS Cobia crew member who died during the submarine's six war patrols. The first stop on the tour inside the submarine was the forward torpedo room. Torpedomen, crew members who ...

Additional items, such as a cruise missile, a torpedo and a submarine rescue chamber, are on display in the surrounding park. Some former travelers lamented the limited elbow room offered inside ...

A treasure trove of vital German intelligence, the submarine's capture was top-secret. See inside the U-boat, now a permanent exhibit at Chicago's Griffin Museum of Science and Industry.