DEPARTMENT OF THE NAVY -- NAVAL HISTORICAL CENTER
805 KIDDER BREESE SE -- WASHINGTON NAVY YARD
WASHINGTON DC 20374-5060
Online Library of Selected Images -- Picture Data
Photo #: NH 83982
Scharnhorst (German battleship, 1939-1943)
View on board, looking forward, while the ship was at sea in
1940. Probably taken during the Norwegian campaign, in April
or June 1940.
Note air identification marking on her fore deck. The ship is
cleared for action, with deck edge stanchions and lifelines taken
down.
U.S. Naval Historical Center Photograph.
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