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Photo #: NH 59663

Admiral Graf Spee
(German Armored Ship, 1936)

Close-up view of the port side of the ship's forward superstructure, taken at Montevideo, Uruguay in mid-December 1939, following the Battle of the River Plate.
A shell hole in the tower side plating is visible aft of the searchlight platform.
Note the ship's pattern camouflage, antenna of a "Seetakt" radar mounted on the face of the main battery rangefinder, foremast and 15cm broadside guns.

U.S. Naval Historical Center Photograph.

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Image posted 3 August 2006