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Photo # NH 51982-A:  Sailor from USS Helena poses on board the wreck of Admiral Graf Spee, February 1940

Online Library of Selected Images:
-- SHIPS of the GERMAN NAVY --

Admiral Graf Spee (Armored Ship, 1936-1939) --
Views of the Ship's Wreck (Part II)


This page features additional views taken on board the wreck of the German armored ship Admiral Graf Spee.

For other pictures concerning this ship's wreck, see:

  • Admiral Graf Spee -- Views of the Ship's Wreck.

    For more images related to this ship, see:

  • Admiral Graf Spee (German Armored Ship, 1936-1939).


    If you want higher resolution reproductions than the digital images presented here, see: "How to Obtain Photographic Reproductions."

    Click on the small photograph to prompt a larger view of the same image.

    Photo #: NH 51982-A

    Admiral Graf Spee
    (German Armored Ship, 1936)

    Photograph of the ship's forward broadside (15cm gun) director, with a USS Helena crew member sitting on it. View looks aft, with the forward superstructure in the background. The director has partially collapsed to starboard.
    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. See Photo # NH 51982 for the entire page on which this photograph was mounted.

    U.S. Naval Historical Center Photograph.

    Online Image: 91KB; 740 x 585 pixels

     
    Photo #: NH 51984-A

    Admiral Graf Spee
    (German Armored Ship, 1936)

    Photograph taken in the ship's open control position at the forward end of the superstructure, looking aft on the port side. Several instruments are visible. In the lower left are wheels exposed in a range keeper. The item in the center is possibly a director. A torpedo director is in the upper left center. At left, on the face of the 5-inch armored conning tower, is a viewing slit.
    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 Historical Center Photograph.

    Online Image: 89KB; 740 x 585 pixels

     
    Photo #: NH 51986-A

    Admiral Graf Spee
    (German Armored Ship, 1936)

    Photograph of a shell hole in the ship's forward superstructure tower, made by an eight-inch shell fired by the British heavy cruser Exeter. The hole was described as "large enough to crawl through".
    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. See Photo # NH 51986 for the entire page on which this photograph was mounted.

    U.S. Naval Historical Center Photograph.

    Online Image: 68KB; 740 x 580 pixels

     
    Photo #: NH 51985-A

    Admiral Graf Spee
    (German Armored Ship, 1936)

    Photograph of the interior of the ship's navigation bridge, in the forward superstructure tower, looking to port. Items visible in the fire damaged space include gas mask canisters, a bent voice tube and, in the upper left, the base of the port bridge pelorus.
    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 Historical Center Photograph.

    Online Image: 86KB; 740 x 585 pixels

     
    Photo #: NH 51987-A

    Admiral Graf Spee
    (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 Historical Center Photograph.

    Online Image: 102KB; 740 x 585 pixels

     
    Photo #: NH 51978-A

    Admiral Graf Spee
    (German Armored Ship, 1936)

    Base of the forward main battery range finder, atop the ship's superstructure. 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. See Photo # NH 51978 for the entire page on which this photograph was mounted.

    U.S. Naval Historical Center Photograph.

    Online Image: 93KB; 740 x 590 pixels

     
    Photo #: NH 51979-A

    Admiral Graf Spee
    (German Armored Ship, 1936)

    Photograph of the mounting for a 20mm machine gun, on the upper platform of the ship's forward superstructure. 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. See Photo # NH 51979 for the entire page on which this photograph was mounted.

    U.S. Naval Historical Center Photograph.

    Online Image: 112KB; 590 x 765 pixels

     


    For other pictures concerning this ship's wreck, see:

  • Admiral Graf Spee -- Views of the Ship's Wreck.

    For more images related to this ship, see:

  • Admiral Graf Spee (German Armored Ship, 1936-1939).


    If you want higher resolution reproductions than the digital images presented here, see: "How to Obtain Photographic Reproductions."


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