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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