Vintage: The U.S. captured a German submarine. Here’s a look at how it got to Chicago.

“Frenchy to Blue Jay: I have a possible sound contact.” With that radio transmission from the escort aircraft carrier USS Guadalcanal, sent shortly after 11 a.m. June 4, 1944, the German submarine U-505 began its long journey from deadly deep-sea predator to the most celebrated artifact in the Museum of Science and Industry. Nearly scuttled by the Navy after the war, it was brought to the museum through the advocacy of Chicago native Daniel Gallery — the captain in charge of U.S. Navy Task Group 22.3, which captured the sub — opening in 1954 at the museum.