[Milsurplus] Chicago Museum U-505

[Hue Miller]

"We were trying to get a fix on the location of the only known WW I German
U-Boat sunk in fresh water; that of UC-97 sunk in Lake Michigan off 
Wilmette.
We approached the Museum of Science and Industry and the Director, Vic 
Danelov,
about an expedition to raise UC-97 and put her next to U-505.  When he asked 
why,
I told him that this Museum would be the only one in the world with a WW I 
and a
WW II German U-Boat.  "I don't even want this one!" was his reply.  And he 
paid a
scrap dealer to come to the Museum and cart off TWO ENTIRE storerooms full 
of
spare parts from U-805 that were to be used to keep U-505 in repair!  Just 
threw
this priceless stuff in the trash!"

Harry Cooper, 1983.
via: Hue Miller