Skip to main content

Naval History and Heritage Command

NH 97537 German battleships Scharnhorst (left) and Gneisenau

Photo #: NH 97537 German battleships Scharnhorst (left) and Gneisenau
Download Image:
Low (PNG, 319x319px, 66KB)
Med (JPEG, 1280x1280px, 281KB)
High (TIFF, 6098x4940px, 29MB)
Title: German battleships Scharnhorst (left) and Gneisenau
Description: 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 History and Heritage Command Photograph.
Catalog #: NH 97537
Related Content
Topic
Document Type
  • Photograph
Wars & Conflicts
Navy Communities
File Formats
  • Image (gif, jpg, tiff)
Location of Archival Materials
Author Name
Place of Event
Recipient Name