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NH 98269 Köln

Photo #: NH 98269  Köln
Title: Köln
Description: (German Light Cruiser, 1930-1945) Reconnaissance photograph, probably taken by the British Royal Air Force, showing the ship (marked by arrow) moored to the shore in the Fætten Fjord, about 30 KM ENE of Trondheim, Norway, 19 July 1942. Note rafts and netting used to camouflage the ship, and anti-torpedo booms moored to protect her from attacks from abeam and astern. Booms abeam have been folded to similate a ship. The southern side of the Fjord is just beyond the top of the image. U.S. Naval History and Heritage Command Photograph.
Catalog #: NH 98269
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