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Photo #: NH 83983
Bismarck (German Battleship, 1940-41)
Fitting out at the Blohm & Voss shipyard, Hamburg, Germany, between
10 and 15 December 1939.
This view, received from the Naval Attache Office, London, in
1940, shows the ship's newly-installed "Atlantic" bow
and the extent of her side armor.
Note canal boat in the foreground.
U.S. Naval Historical Center Photograph.
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