Photo #: NH 102544
Scharnhorst (German Battleship, 1939)
The ship's forward control tower, with a 10.5-meter rangefinder
at its top, seen from abreast the funnel looking forward. Photographed
at Kiel or Wilhelmshaven during the winter of 1939-40.
Copied from the contemporary German photo album "Meine Kriegserinnerungen
auf Schlachtschiff Scharnhorst", page 14.
U.S. Naval Historical Center Photograph.
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