Photo #: NH 101570
Scharnhorst (German Battleship, 1939)
Ice on the the ship's main deck, during the winter of 1939-40,
probably in the Baltic Sea in January 1940. The view looks forward
up the port side from amidships, with the rear of the port forward
15cm gun turret in the right foreground.
Copied from the contemporary German photo album "Meine Kriegserinnerungen
auf Schlachtschiff Scharnhorst", page 9.
U.S. Naval Historical Center Photograph.
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