Photo #: NH 102534
Scharnhorst (German Battleship, 1939)
The ship's commanding officer, Kapitan zur Zee Kurt Caesar Hoffman,
adresses his officers and crew from a platform by the after main
battery gun turret, circa winter 1939-40.
Part of the aircraft catapult is visible atop the turret.
Copied from the contemporary German photo album "Meine Kriegserinnerungen
auf Schlachtschiff Scharnhorst", page 18.
U.S. Naval Historical Center Photograph.
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