1954 would make U-505 one of the first to use the St Lawrence Seaway, if I my dates and memory are correct.

Another of this type exhibit would be Hugh's Spruce Goose. Is that still open and viewable?

My dad was a torpedo pilot on the USS Guadalcanal when they captured the U-505. I wish I could ask him some questions about it, but alas, he died in 1997.

I've been on the 505. Great to know they're giving it the kind of restoration and preservation it deserves.

Isn't the Spruce Goose in storage somewhere, and currently not available for viewing?

Nope. It is in a very nice new setting! I knew it had been moved from San Diego Harbor...

http://www.sprucegoose.org/

Man, now *that* is a short-field landing! Carrier pilots, eat your hearts out!

I too have been aboard the U505 and it was in a bad way...in 2000. There was talk of restoration but it looks like it's finally happening.

I used to have the book by RAdm Gallery too, signed by the author n oless. Alas, it was lost in a move. It was fascinating to talk to him. Like being there, almost.

Brian