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Gorch Fock under construction, Blohm und Voss shipyard, Hamburg, Germany, 1933Launching ceremony of Gorch Fock at the Blohm und Voss shipyard in Hamburg, Germany, 3 May 1933
Gorch Fock under construction, Blohm und Voss shipyard, Hamburg, Germany, 1933Launching ceremony of Gorch Fock at the Blohm und Voss shipyard in Hamburg, Germany, 3 May 1933
Launching of Horst Wessel, Blohm und Voss shipyard, Hamburg, Germany, 13 Jun 1936Horst Wessel, late 1936
Launching of Horst Wessel, Blohm und Voss shipyard, Hamburg, Germany, 13 Jun 1936Horst Wessel, late 1936
Horst Wessel at the Mürwik Naval School, Flensburg, Germany, 1937Officers and men aboard Horst Wessel, 1937
Horst Wessel at the Mürwik Naval School, Flensburg, Germany, 1937Officers and men aboard Horst Wessel, 1937
Field Marshal Werner von Blomberg (center) and his adjutant Captain Lieutenant Hubert von Wangenheim aboard Horst Wessel, Germany, 1 May 1937Field Marshal Werner von Blomberg inspecting the crew of Horst Wessel, accompanied by Captain Thiele and another officer, Germany, 1 May 1937
Field Marshal Werner von Blomberg (center) and his adjutant Captain Lieutenant Hubert von Wangenheim aboard Horst Wessel, Germany, 1 May 1937Field Marshal Werner von Blomberg inspecting the crew of Horst Wessel, accompanied by Captain Thiele and another officer, Germany, 1 May 1937
Horst Wessel in the Baltic Sea while sailing from Pillau, Germany (now Baltijsk, Russia) to Sassnitz, Rügen island, Germany, 23 Jul 1937Gorch Fock, late 1930s
Horst Wessel in the Baltic Sea while sailing from Pillau, Germany (now Baltijsk, Russia) to Sassnitz, Rügen island, Germany, 23 Jul 1937Gorch Fock, late 1930s
Rear Admiral Walter Warzecha (right), Hitler Youth leader Artur Axmann (front row, next to Warzecha) aboard Horst Wessel, Germany, Aug 1940Horst Wessel at Bremerhaven, Germany, 1946
Rear Admiral Walter Warzecha (right), Hitler Youth leader Artur Axmann (front row, next to Warzecha) aboard Horst Wessel, Germany, Aug 1940Horst Wessel at Bremerhaven, Germany, 1946
USCGC Eagle off Castillo San Felipe del Morro, San Juan, Puerto Rico, 21 May 2014
USCGC Eagle off Castillo San Felipe del Morro, San Juan, Puerto Rico, 21 May 2014
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