German submarines captured by U.S. Navy shops off West Africa.

German submarines captured by U.S. Navy shops off West Africa. Working against time to prevent the partially submerged U-505 from sinking, U.S. men and officers of the boarding party clamber below and install pumps to check the flooding of the enemy craft. Swells breaking over the comming tower made it necessary to close the conning hatch. The Americans thus risked being trapped in the interior of the hull if the submarine should sink suddenly. A German twin-mount anti-aircraft gun is at the right of the conning tower.