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NH 102528 Scharnhorst

Photo #: NH 102528 Scharnhorst
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Title: Scharnhorst
Description: (German Battleship, 1939) Crewmen cleaning one of the ship's 283mm guns, during the winter of 1939-40. Note sleeve around the gun's muzzle, to direct liquid waste from the cleaning into a bucket on deck below. Copied from the contemporary German photo album Meine Kriegserinnerungen auf Schlachtschiff Scharnhorst, page 10. U.S. Naval History and Heritage Command Photograph.
Catalog #: NH 102528
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