Mm, well, in absolute terms, U-505 fared better than the vast majority of Axis submarines, including those that survived the war. Most of the survivors were caught up in the orgy of waste that was Operation Deadlight, or its Pacific equivalent (like U-511/Ro-500 and I-401), mostly in the name of keeping the Commies from getting their hands on all the lovely technology.

(For that matter, surviving Allied submarines generally didn't do much better either, ultimately. Although at least they mostly got recycled into razor blades or something rather than just being dumped at sea.)

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