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Online Library of Selected Images -- Picture Data

Photo #: NH 102531

Scharnhorst
(German Battleship, 1939)

Detail view of the rangefinder hood on the right side of the after 283mm (11") gun turret, during the winter 1939-40. View looks forward, with the ship's mainmast and flag visible in the background.
Note light coating of snow or ice on the turret.

Copied from the contemporary German photo album "Meine Kriegserinnerungen auf Schlachtschiff Scharnhorst", page 16.

U.S. Naval Historical Center Photograph.

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12 March 2001