Photo #: NH 59670
Scharnhorst (German Battleship, 1939-1943)
In port when first completed, circa early 1939.
Note ship's badge mounted on her bow, and snowy conditions at
right.
U.S. Naval Historical Center Photograph.
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Photo #: NH 97536
Scharnhorst (German Battleship, 1939-1943)
Ceremony on the ship's after deck, with the Nazi-era naval ensign
flying at the stern, circa early 1939.
This may be the ship's commissioning ceremony on 7 January 1939.
Note snow on shore in the distance, stern anchor and decoration
on the ship.
U.S. Naval Historical Center Photograph.
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Photo #: NH 97537
German battleships Scharnhorst (left) and Gneisenau
In a German port, circa spring or early summer 1939, after Gneisenau
had been refitted with a "clipper" bow, but before
Scharnhorst had been similarly fitted.
Two rowing shells (one with four oarsmen and a coxwain, the other
with two oarsmen only) are in the foreground.
Fine screen halftone reproduction, published in the contemporary
German booklet "Deutsche Seemacht".
U.S. Naval Historical Center Photograph.
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Photo #: NH 102537
Scharnhorst (German Battleship, 1939)
Tied to a mooring bouy in Wilhelmshaven Harbor, circa 1939, as
men in a boat push off from her bow.
Note anchors, ship's badges on her bow and on the boat, and paired
cables running down from her starboard bow chock.
In mid-1939, Scharnhorst's bow was greatly modified from
the configuration seen here.
Copied from the contemporary German photo album "Meine Kriegserinnerungen
auf Schlachtschiff Scharnhorst", page 15.
U.S. Naval Historical Center Photograph.
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Photo #: NH 101559
Scharnhorst (German Battleship, 1939)
Photographed in the fall of 1939, after completion of her July-August
1939 refit.
Copied from the contemporary German photo album "Meine Kriegserinnerungen
auf Schlachtschiff Scharnhorst", page 3.
U.S. Naval Historical Center Photograph.
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Photo #: NH 101558
Scharnhorst (German Battleship, 1939)
Photographed by A. Klein, Kiel, in the fall of 1939, after completion
of her July-August 1939 refit.
Copied from the contemporary German photo album "Meine Kriegserinnerungen
auf Schlachtschiff Scharnhorst", page 1.
U.S. Naval Historical Center Photograph.
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Photo #: NH 97503
U-47 (German Submarine, 1938-1941)
Arrives at Kiel, Germany, on 23 October 1939, with her crew at
quarters. The battleship Scharnhorst is in the background.
U-47 was returning from the mission in which she sank
the British battleship Royal Oak inside Scapa Flow on
14 October.
This is a halftone image, copied from a contemporary publication.
Official U.S. Navy Photograph, from the collections of the
Naval Historical Center.
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Photo #: NH 97504
Scharnhorst (German Battleship, 1939-1943)
In a German port with her crew manning the rail, circa late 1939,
after she had been fitted with a "clipper" bow.
This is a halftone image, clipped by the U.S. Office of Naval
Intelligence from the contemporary German booklet "Deutsche
Seemacht". The picture was published on two pages, and has
been pieced together at right.
U.S. Naval Historical Center Photograph.
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Photo #: NH 97538
Gneisenau (German Battleship, 1938)
View of the ship's forward two triple 283mm (11") gun turrets,
with forecastle and capstans in the foreground, circa later 1939
or 1940.
The battleship Scharnhorst is in the left distance. She
has been refitted with a "clipper" bow.
Fine screen halftone reproduction, published in the contemporary
German booklet "Deutsche Seemacht".
U.S. Naval Historical Center Photograph.
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Photo #: NH 42203
German battleships Scharnhorst (left) and Gneisenau
In a German port, circa 1939-41.
The photograph was received from the Federal Bureau of Investigation
with their letter of 2 October 1941.
U.S. Naval Historical Center Photograph.
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Photo #: NH 42204
Scharnhorst (German battleship, 1939-1943)
Recognition drawing, prepared for intelligence purposes, depicting
the ship as refitted in 1939.
This image was received from Lt. Matthews, Navy office OP 16
F-28 in November 1942.
U.S. Naval Historical Center Photograph.
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