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Snapshots of what’s happening in the Defense Department.

A cramped room includes large pipes, tubes and levers.

Torpedo Room

Photo shows the view in the torpedo room of the U-505 following its June 4, 1944, capture in the South Atlantic Ocean. The initial U.S. Navy boarding party found the watertight door to this compartment closed. Navy Capt. Daniel V. Gallery, commanding officer of the USS Guadalcanal, had experience with booby traps, so he boarded the submarine and opened the door. Note the pair of torpedo tube doors at the far end of the compartment.

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