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NH 51985-A Admiral Graf Spee

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Title: Admiral Graf Spee
Description: (German Armored Ship, 1936) Photograph of the interior of the ship's navigation bridge, in the forward superstructure tower, looking to port. Items visible in the fire damaged space include gas mask canisters, a bent voice tube and, in the upper left, the base of the port bridge pelorus. Taken on board the ship's wreck in the River Plate, near Montevideo, Uruguay, where she had been scuttled in December 1939. Photographed on 2 February 1940 by Ensign Richard D. Sampson, USN, for an intelligence report prepared by USS Helena (CL-50) during her shakedown cruise to South America. U.S. Naval History and Heritage Command Photograph.
Catalog #: NH 51985-A
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