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NH 59661 Admiral Graf Spee

Photo #: NH 59661 Admiral Graf Spee
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Title: Admiral Graf Spee
Description: (German Armored Ship, 1936) View of the ship's port side, amidships, taken while she was at anchor in Montevideo harbor, Uruguay in mid-December 1939, following the Battle of the River Plate. Note the burned-out remains of an Arado Ar 196A-1 floatplane atop the ship's catapult, 15cm broadside guns, boat and aircraft crane, secondary gun battery director (at left), and damage to her side plating from shell fragments. U.S. Naval History and Heritage Command Photograph.
Catalog #: NH 59661
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