: While the U.S. Navy did capture U-505 in 1944, this occurred long after British cryptologists at Bletchley Park , led by figures like Alan Turing, had already broken the Enigma codes.
: After a German U-boat (U-571) is crippled by British depth charges and left adrift in the Atlantic, the U.S. Navy intercepts its distress signal. movie u-571
The film depicts the story of the U.S. Navy's attempt to capture a German U-boat, U-571, in 1943. The crew of the American submarine USS Stingray, under the command of Lieutenant Peter Ince (Matthew McConaughey), is sent on a mission to capture the U-boat, which is believed to have vital information about German naval operations. : While the U