Photo #: NH 102529
Scharnhorst (German Battleship, 1939)
View from the forward superstructure, looking toward the bow,
as the ship throws spray while underway during the winter of
1939-40.
Note ice accumulated on her triple 283mm (11") gun turrets.
Copied from the contemporary German photo album "Meine Kriegserinnerungen
auf Schlachtschiff Scharnhorst", page 16.
U.S. Naval Historical Center Photograph.
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