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NH 51987-A Admiral Graf Spee

Photo #: NH 51987-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 forward superstructure tower, showing damage caused by an eight-inch shell fired by the British heavy cruser Exeter during the Battle of the River Plate. Cut wires and the absence of a fire control tube were noted on the original report in which this image appeared. See Photo # NH 51986 for an external view of this shell hit. 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 51987-A
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