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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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8 March 2001