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Online Library of Selected Images -- Picture Data

Photo #: NH 102533

Scharnhorst
(German Battleship, 1939)

The Boatswain of the Watch at his duty station amidships, during the winter 1939-40. One of the ships 15cm (5.9") secondary battery gun turrets is in the right background.

Copied from the contemporary German photo album "Meine Kriegserinnerungen auf Schlachtschiff Scharnhorst", page 18.

U.S. Naval Historical Center Photograph.

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13 March 2001