Germany's U-505 submarine was the 1st warship captured by the US Navy in over a century and top secret during World War II.

The U-boat was not some near-mythical creature as it was almost portrayed by the Allied media, nor even was it a drone built ...

or U-boats, sunk, scuttled, captured, or otherwise lost to German forces during World War II. Here, naval historian Timothy Mulligan describes 25 of the most historically significant U-boats.