80-G-320321: Surrender of German U-boats, 1945
![80-G-320321: Surrender of German U-boats, WWII. U.S. Colors fly proudly at her flagstaff as U-858, first German submarine to surrender to the U.S. in American waters, is brought to anchor behind the breakwater at Cape Henlopen, Delaware, May 14, 1945. Shown: Standing high on the conning tower with megaphone is Commander Williard D. Michael, USN, head of the charge party which brought the U-boat from a U.S. Navy patrol craft stands in the background as Sikorski HNS-1 helicopter hovers overhead. Official Navy Photograph, now in the collections of the National Archives. (2017/07/18). 80-G-320321: Surrender of German U-boats, WWII. U.S. Colors fly proudly at her flagstaff as U-858, first German submarine to surrender to the U.S. in American waters, is brought to anchor behind the breakwater at Cape Henlopen, Delaware, May 14, 1945. Shown: Standing high on the conning tower with megaphone is Commander Williard D. Michael, USN, head of the charge party which brought the U-boat from a U.S. Navy patrol craft stands in the background as Sikorski HNS-1 helicopter hovers overhead. Official Navy Photograph, now in the collections of the National Archives. (2017/07/18).](/content/history/museums/nmusn/explore/photography/wwii/wwii-atlantic/battle-of-the-atlantic/surrender-german-uboats/1945-may-14-u-858/80-g-320321/_jcr_content/mediaitem/image.img.jpg/1678789645508.jpg)
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- Theater of Operations--Atlantic
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- World War II 1939-1945
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