Class%20Trip

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The Museum of Science and Industry
Class Trip Michele Sorkin Scott Schaffer Matt
Lightfoot Computers and Technology EDU 504
NP Holy Family University Dr. Herman March 1,
2005
The Museum of Science and Industry 57th Street
and Lake Shore DriveChicago, IL 60637
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The Museum

• Admission
• Free to Illinois Students, and one chaperone
  per ten students
• ?Transportation
• Free bus
• ? Lunch
• Students will pack lunch

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• U-505 Submarine Visit

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Purpose

• To see the U-505 submarine exhibit
• To learn about WWII naval warfare, and the role
  of the U-505 submarine class
• To enable students to have a hands on learning
  experience
• To learn about the significance of the capture of
  a naval vessel

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The History of the U-505

• In 1944, the United States Navy USS Guadalcanal
  Task Group 22.3s captured the U-505 submarine
  off the coast of Africa
• The U-505 was the only German submarine captured
  by the U.S. Navy during World War II and the code
  books seized from the submarine greatly assisted
  the Allied effort
• The U-505 is a National Historic Landmark, the
  only U-boat of its type in the United States and
  the only Type IX-C submarine left in the world

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Student Favorites

• Control Room
• Conning Tower
• Engine Room
• Torpedo Storage
• Enigma Machine

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Control Room

• Nerve center of the ship
• Two Planesmen
• Navigational maps
• Radar
• Periscope Column
• Main confrontational room during takeover

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Conning Tower

• Two periscopes
• Speaking tubes
• Above Control Room

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Engine Rooms

• Two diesel engines
• Deafening noise
• Extremely hot
• Surface running only
• Recharged batteries

• Two electrical engines
• Ran on battery power
• Slower than diesel
• Underwater running
• Desalinization machine

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Torpedo Rooms

• Bow and Stern
• Stored food and parts
• Crew members shared bunks
• Emergency steering
• Stored ten torpedoes per room

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Enigma Machine

• Purpose for the mission
• Two machines
• Experimental
• Normal
• Decoded messages

Completely assembled German message AUF BEFEHL
DES OBERSTEN BEFEHLSHABERS SIND IM FALLE X Z X ZT
X UNWAHRSCHEINLICHEN X FRANZOESISQEN ANGRIFFS DIE
WESTBEFESTIGUNGEN JEDER ZAHLENMAESSIGEN
UEBERLEGENHEIT ZUM TROTZ ZU HALTEN X
English translation The Commander-in-Chief
orders as follows In the case of French attacks
on the western fortifications, although unlikely
at this moment, those fortifications must be held
at all costs, even against numerically superior
forces.
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Other Educational Exhibits

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• Thank you for your support!
• Michele, Matt, Scott

All photos courtesy of www.msichicago.org