Task Group 22.3

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Task Group 22.3 was a U.S. Navy hunter-killer anti-submarine task group in World War II, noted for its capture of the German submarine U-505.

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Task Group 22.3 canonical 6

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Predicate Object
instanceOf United States Navy task group ⓘ
hunter-killer group ⓘ
alliance Allies of World War II ⓘ
branch United States Navy ⓘ
capturedMaterial Enigma-related materials from U-505 ⓘ
German naval codebooks from U-505 ⓘ
capturedVessel U-505 ⓘ
linked to: U-505 submarine
commandStructure Task Force 22 ⓘ
conflict World War II ⓘ
country United States of America ⓘ
dateOfEvent 1944-06-04 ⓘ
enemy Kriegsmarine ⓘ
enemyType German U-boats ⓘ
linked to: U-boats
engagedSubmarine U-505 ⓘ
linked to: U-505 submarine
engagementOutcome capture of enemy code and equipment ⓘ
successful boarding of U-505 ⓘ
event Capture of U-505 on 4 June 1944 ⓘ
linked to: U-505 submarine
formedAs hunter-killer anti-submarine task group ⓘ
hasCommander Daniel V. Gallery ⓘ
hasCommanderRank Captain ⓘ
hasCommanderService United States Navy ⓘ
hasFlagship USS Guadalcanal (CVE-60) ⓘ
linked to: USS Guadalcanal
hasShip USS Chatelain (DE-149) ⓘ
USS Flaherty (DE-135) ⓘ
USS Guadalcanal (CVE-60) ⓘ
linked to: USS Guadalcanal

USS Jenks (DE-665) ⓘ
USS Pillsbury (DE-133) ⓘ
linked to: USS Pillsbury

USS Pope (DE-134) ⓘ
historicalSignificance first capture at sea of an enemy warship by the U.S. Navy since the War of 1812 ⓘ
navalTactic hunter-killer group operations ⓘ
notableFor capture of German submarine U-505 ⓘ
objective locate and destroy German U-boats ⓘ
operatedWith destroyer escorts ⓘ
escort carrier ⓘ
operationalArea Atlantic Ocean ⓘ
partOf United States Atlantic Fleet ⓘ
linked to: Atlantic Fleet
resultOfCapture U-505 kept secret from Germany ⓘ
U-505 towed to Bermuda ⓘ
role anti-submarine warfare ⓘ
service United States Navy Atlantic anti-submarine operations ⓘ
serviceBranchType naval ⓘ
theater Battle of the Atlantic ⓘ
timePeriod 1944 ⓘ
typeOfOperation offensive anti-submarine patrols ⓘ
usedAircraft Grumman F4F Wildcat ⓘ
Grumman TBF Avenger ⓘ

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Referenced by (6)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

U-505 → capturedBy → Task Group 22.3 ⓘ
subject linked to: U-505 submarine
USS Guadalcanal → partOf → Task Group 22.3 ⓘ
USS Pillsbury → partOf → Task Group 22.3 ⓘ
Daniel V. Gallery → commanded → Task Group 22.3 ⓘ
Task Force 22 → hasPart → Task Group 22.3 ⓘ
Task Force 22 → oversaw → Task Group 22.3 ⓘ