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forward and aft. Her anti-aircraft battery consisted of twelve 10.5 cm (4.1 in) L/65 guns, twelve 3.7 cm (1.5 in) guns, and eight 2 cm (0.79 in) guns. The ship also carried a pair of triple 53.3 cm (21 in) torpedo launchers abreast of the rear superstructure.
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These would have been supported by a battery of light anti-aircraft guns consisting of ten 3.7 cm guns in dual mounts and twenty-four 2 cm guns in quadruple mounts. These were distributed along the sides of the ship, generally on platforms that overhung the sides of the ship. Four of the
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The conversion work would have slightly increased the ship's length to 216 m (708 ft 8 in) long overall, but decreased her draft to 6.65 m (21 ft 10 in) at full load. Her propulsion system, which had already been installed, would remain the same, as would her expected
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The flight deck was to have been 200 m (660 ft) long and 30 m (98 ft) wide. The hangar was 137.50 m (451.1 ft) long and 17 m (56 ft) wide forward and 12 m (39 ft) wide amidships and aft. Two elevators would have been installed to transfer aircraft
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arrangement. The LC/31 mounting was triaxially stabilized and capable of elevating to 80°. This enabled the guns to engage targets up to a ceiling of 12,500 m (41,000 ft). Against surface targets, the guns had a maximum range of 17,700 m (58,100 ft). The guns fired fixed
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was 70 to 80 mm (2.8 to 3.1 in) thick; her upper deck was 12 to 30 mm (0.47 to 1.18 in) thick while the main armored deck was 20 to 50 mm (0.79 to 1.97 in) thick. The main battery turrets had 105 mm (4.1 in) thick faces and 70 mm thick sides.
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of around 30 rounds per minute. At its maximum elevation of 85°, the gun had a ceiling of 6,800 m (22,300 ft). The 2 cm gun was a magazine-fed automatic weapon, firing at up to 500 rounds per minute. Twenty and forty-round magazines were supplied for the guns;
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3.7 cm mounts were on the sides of the ship and the fifth mount was on the extreme bow. Two of the 2 cm mounts were to be placed on the island, with the remainder in the side platforms. The mounts were the Dopp LC/31 type, originally designed for earlier
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and had a beam of 21.80 m (71.5 ft) and a maximum draft of 7.90 m (25.9 ft). The ship had a design displacement of 17,600 t (17,300 long tons; 19,400 short tons) and a full load displacement of 19,800 long tons (20,100 t).
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slowed her construction and fitting-out work was finally stopped in the summer of 1940 when she was approximately 95 percent complete. The unfinished ship remained pier-side in the shipyard until March 1942, when the
753:. By the time work stopped completely in June 1942, the ship was approximately 95 percent complete; only her anti-aircraft armament, masts, cranes, and her aircraft catapult remained to be installed.
880:. She was then towed from Kiel to Königsberg between 30 March and 2 April. She remained there for the rest of the war, and likely little work was done; in December, she was classified as a
749:, and smaller craft. Nevertheless, work on the ship proceeded at a slow pace, and during this period her bow was altered to the standard "Atlantic bow" that had been installed on her
44:
1621:
962:. Their wings were longer than the land-based model to allow for shorter take-off. The Ju 87 type selected was to have been the "E" variant, which was a navalized version of the
869:, but work was ceased in June 1943, before the conversion was completed. By that time, her superstructure had been entirely razed to the upper deck, apart from her funnel.
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on 14 November 1936. Her keel was laid on 29 December 1936, under construction number 940. The ship was launched on 19 January 1939, and at the launching ceremony, Admiral
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774:, which had been halted in April 1940, was resumed in March 1942. The Kriegsmarine also decided to convert a number of vessels into auxiliary aircraft carriers.
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and an aircraft hangar. In total, approximately 2,400 t (2,400 long tons; 2,600 short tons) of material from the ship was removed. The ship was renamed
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the
Soviets had purchased unfinished before the outbreak of war. This was not carried out, however, and the ship was eventually raised before being
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with Great
Britain, which provided a legal basis for German naval rearmament; the treaty specified that Germany would be able to build five 10,000-
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approached the city. The wreck was seized by the
Soviets and was briefly considered for cannibalization for spare parts to complete her sistership
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in an attempt to place her out of the reach of Allied bombers. She could not be moved until March 1944, however, when she was towed to
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Her armament was reduced to a medium-caliber anti-aircraft battery of ten 10.5 cm L/65 guns in twin mounts, two forward of the
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in March 1942, the
Kriegsmarine became convinced of the necessity of acquiring aircraft carriers. Work on the purpose-built carrier
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ammunition weighing 15.1 kg (33 lb); the guns could fire HE and HE incendiary rounds, as well as illumination shells.
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would be completed as front-line carriers. The navy envisioned operating the carriers from northern Norway to interdict the
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733:, who had been the gunnery officer of the namesake ship, gave a speech, and the widow of that ship's commander during
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460:, but was never completed. The ship was laid down in December 1936 and launched in January 1939, but the outbreak of
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in May 1941, during which
British aircraft carriers proved instrumental, and the near torpedoing of her sistership
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September 1939, work slowed considerably as priorities shifted to vessels that could be completed faster, like
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As
British and American air raids increased in intensity through 1943, the Germans decided to move the ship to
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christened the vessel. At that time, her hull had been completed with a straight stem. After the outbreak of
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divebombers. Work lasted from 1942 to 1943, but was not completed, and the incomplete vessel was towed to
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619:(98,000 kW). As designed, her standard complement consisted of 42 officers and 1,340 enlisted men.
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was among the ships selected for conversion, along with several passenger liners. These included
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was also to be converted. As the design staff examined the existing ships, they determined that
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s were nominally within the 10,000-ton limit, though they significantly exceeded the figure.
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708:-class heavy cruisers, armed with twelve 15 cm (5.9 in) guns instead of the
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was cut away, with the exception of the funnel, to prepare for the installation of a
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1029:. The length of 60 caliber gun is 60 times greater than it is wide in diameter.
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was among the vessels chosen for conversion into auxiliary aircraft carriers.
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and three aft. All of these would have been in line with the island, in a
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nevertheless considered using the wreck for parts to complete the cruiser
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Heavy
Cruisers of the Admiral Hipper Class: Warships of the Kriegsmarine
1477:. Vol. I: Major Surface Vessels. Annapolis: Naval Institute Press.
884:. On 29 January 1945, the ship was scuttled before the advancing Soviet
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in early 1944. She was eventually scuttled there in 1945 as the Soviet
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512:. This plan was also abandoned, and the ship was broken up for scrap.
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side, with a tall, tubular mast on the forward end of the island.
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1538:(2). Toledo: International Naval Research Organization: 129–158.
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was ordered in the context of German naval rearmament after the
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1530:
Schenk, Peter (2008). "German
Aircraft Carrier Developments".
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decided to pursue aircraft carriers over surface combatants.
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Design: 17,139 t (16,868 long tons; 18,893 short tons)
1453:
Battleships: Axis and
Neutral Battleships in World War II
1434:
Aircraft Carriers: An Illustrated History of Their Impact
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performance. A large island was to be installed on the
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would only be suitable as a training carrier, so only
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decided, however, to complete the ship identically to
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999:. The 3.7 cm gun was a single-shot gun, with a
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954:Stuka divebombers. The Bf 109 fighters were a
1511:Koop, Gerhard & Schmolke, Klaus-Peter (2014).
1451:Garzke, William H. & Dulin, Robert O. (1985).
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1025:"L/60" denotes the length of the gun in terms of
1377:The Luftwaffe Over Germany: Defense of the Reich
2412:Shipwrecks and maritime incidents in April 1945
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486:, the ship was to have had a complement of ten
336:: 70 to 80 mm (2.8 to 3.1 in)
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946:s air complement was to have consisted of ten
558:and repudiated the disarmament clauses of the
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924:T-1, the type the carriers would have carried
374:General characteristics (as aircraft carrier)
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1492:Kay, Antony K. & Couper, Paul (2004).
390:216 m (708 ft 8 in) overall
3470:World War II shipwrecks in the Baltic Sea
3465:World War II aircraft carriers of Germany
1914:German naval ship classes of World War II
54:in May 1942, before conversion work began
1415:Great World War II Battles in the Arctic
958:version of the "E" model, designated as
615:(59 km/h; 37 mph), at 132,000
19:For other ships with the same name, see
1494:Junkers Aircraft and Engines, 1913–1945
1041:
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302:10.5 cm (4.1 in) SK C/33 guns
188:: 20,100 metric tons (19,800 long tons)
1108:
1048:
997:8.8 cm (3.5 in) SK C/31 guns
308:3.7 cm (1.5 in) SK C/30 guns
31:
756:Following the loss of the battleship
398:Full load: 6.65 m (21.8 ft)
217:Full load: 7.90 m (25.9 ft)
64:
7:
1563:. Annapolis: Naval Institute Press.
1496:. Annapolis: Naval Institute Press.
1455:. Annapolis: Naval Institute Press.
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937:from the hangar to the flight deck.
843:At the same time as construction of
603:was powered by three sets of geared
145:General characteristics (as cruiser)
140:Scuttled incomplete, 29 January 1945
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209:21.80 m (71 ft 6 in)
198:210 m (689 ft 0 in)
1379:. London: MBI Publishing Company.
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849:resumed, conversion work began on
838:supply convoys to the Soviet Union
314:2 cm (0.79 in) C/30 guns
14:
1769:List of heavy cruisers of Germany
1398:. London: Conway Maritime Press.
1137:
643:The ship was equipped with three
109:Deutsche Schiff- und Maschinenbau
3480:Maritime incidents in April 1945
3460:World War II cruisers of Germany
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3413:
3401:
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1643:
1561:German Cruisers of World War Two
970:launches and were equipped with
800:. The unfinished French cruiser
632:20.3 cm (8 in) SK L/60
348:faces: 105 mm (4.1 in)
66:
43:
1583:German Heavy Cruisers 1939–1945
717:s eight 20.3 cm guns. The
318:12 Ă— 53.3 cm (21 in)
3475:Germany–Soviet Union relations
1874:List of naval ships of Germany
611:. The ship's top speed was 32
562:. In 1935, Germany signed the
97:Friedrich Wilhelm von Seydlitz
1:
3450:Ships built in Bremen (state)
3445:Admiral Hipper-class cruisers
1585:. Oxford: Osprey Publishing.
1417:. Westport: Greenwood Press.
1396:Naval Weapons of World War II
698:was originally designed as a
630:s primary armament was eight
592:was 210 meters (690 ft)
296:20.3 cm (8 in) guns
25:German trawler V 201 Seydlitz
1811:Aircraft carriers of Germany
647:seaplanes and one catapult.
564:Anglo–German Naval Agreement
522:Admiral Hipper-class cruiser
16:Admiral Hipper-class cruiser
1436:. Santa Barbara: ABC-CLIO.
665:Construction and conversion
269:(59 km/h; 37 mph)
3501:
1475:German Warships: 1815–1945
1432:Fontenoy, Paul E. (2006).
634:guns mounted in four twin
530:Recognition drawing of an
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18:
3485:Proposed ships of Germany
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3097:Unknown date:
966:, and were modified for
1559:Whitley, M. J. (1987).
1394:Campbell, John (1985).
1371:Caldwell, Donald &
1515:. Barnsley: Seaforth.
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1532:Warship International
1308:Caldwell & Muller
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888:could seize her. The
556:came to power in 1933
529:
411:10 Ă— 3.7 cm guns
2360:Single ship of class
2315:M-class minesweepers
2289:Uncompleted projects
1413:Evans, Mark (1999).
1218:, pp. 144, 149.
560:Treaty of Versailles
3320:19 Apr:
2320:F-class escort ship
1334:, pp. 247–248.
1167:, pp. 189–191.
1165:Koop & Schmolke
1153:Koop & Schmolke
1061:Koop & Schmolke
908:beginning in 1958.
898:, a sister-ship of
818:were too slow, and
674:was ordered by the
414:24 Ă— 2 cm guns
363:Aviation facilities
39:
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3343:27 Apr:
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3038:29 Apr:
3024:28 Apr:
3010:27 Apr:
2984:25 Apr:
2967:Frederick C. Davis
2963:24 Apr:
2948:23 Apr:
2933:22 Apr:
2925:21 Apr:
2899:19 Apr:
2891:17 Apr:
2851:16 Apr:
2825:15 Apr:
2805:14 Apr:
2791:13 Apr:
2770:12 Apr:
2756:10 Apr:
2325:Auxiliary cruisers
1579:Williamson, Gordon
1192:Garzke & Dulin
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538:
32:
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3234:9 Apr:
3225:8 Apr:
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3186:5 Apr:
3177:2 Apr:
2682:9 Apr:
2668:8 Apr:
2598:7 Apr:
2536:6 Apr:
2521:5 Apr:
2494:4 Apr:
2455:3 Apr:
2434:2 Apr:
2426:1 Apr:
2379:
2378:
1922:Aircraft carriers
1880:
1879:
1777:
1776:
1592:978-1-84176-502-0
1570:978-0-87021-217-8
1503:978-0-85177-985-0
1484:978-0-87021-790-6
1462:978-0-87021-101-0
1443:978-1-85109-573-5
1424:978-0-313-30892-5
1386:978-1-85367-712-0
1266:, pp. 48–49.
950:fighters and ten
640:superfiring pairs
490:fighters and ten
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2593:SS Logan Victory
2587:SS Hobbs Victory
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355:Aircraft carried
245:Blohm & Voss
124:29 December 1936
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2345:Sperrbrecher
2340:Siebel ferry
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2087:
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1981:
1974:
1949:
1948:
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1930:
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1838:
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1825: (1915)
1822:
1755:
1747:
1731:
1726:
1720:
1690:
1683:
1682:
1676:
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1662:
1652:Kriegsmarine
1651:
1631:
1582:
1560:
1535:
1531:
1512:
1493:
1474:
1452:
1433:
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1172:
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1063:, p. 9.
1056:
1044:
1021:
1001:rate of fire
993:
981:
935:
927:
894:
871:
842:
802:
796:
790:
770:
764:
758:
755:
751:sister ships
739:World War II
720:Kriegsmarine
688:shipyard in
677:Kriegsmarine
668:
658:armored belt
645:Arado Ar 196
638:, placed in
621:
594:long overall
586:
542:
539:
504:
479:
468:Kriegsmarine
462:World War II
455:
449:Kriegsmarine
443:Nazi Germany
430:
429:
379:Displacement
166:Displacement
154:
74:Nazi Germany
29:
21:SMS Seydlitz
2372:Conversions
2132:Type 1936A/
2099:Spähkreuzer
2035:Deutschland
2015:Deutschland
2006:battleships
1975:Scharnhorst
1748:Deutschland
1711:Soviet Navy
1677:Prinz Eugen
988:superfiring
890:Soviet Navy
861:flight deck
735:World War I
636:gun turrets
510:Soviet Navy
424:20 aircraft
279:42 officers
3455:1939 ships
3439:Categories
3411:March 1945
2853:HMCS
2539:Amatsukaze
2419:Shipwrecks
2279:Type XXIII
2230:submarines
2153:Type 1936C
2148:Type 1936B
2122:Type 1934A
2109:Destroyers
2081:Königsberg
1365:References
1109:Williamson
1049:Williamson
874:Königsberg
743:destroyers
553:Nazi Party
496:Königsberg
358:3 aircraft
340:Armor deck
274:Complement
254:propellers
238:Propulsion
3369:USS
3360:USS
3345:HMS
3336:USS
3329:USS
3322:USS
3313:USS
3300:USS
3291:USS
3284:HMS
3275:USS
3266:USS
3253:USS
3238:Sea Devil
3236:USS
3227:USS
3218:USS
3211:USS
3204:USS
3197:USS
3188:USS
3181:Dickerson
3179:USS
3117:USS
3072:HMS
2965:USS
2950:USS
2935:USS
2866:USS
2855:Esquimalt
2794:Karlsruhe
2772:USS
2643:USS
2638:Oldenburg
2630:USS
2579:USS
2572:USS
2565:USS
2558:USS
2551:USS
2544:USS
2529:USS
2498:Dickerson
2496:USS
2463:USS
2444:Dickerson
2442:USS
2366:Cancelled
2284:Type XXVI
2269:Type XVII
2158:Type 1942
2127:Type 1936
2117:Type 1934
1544:0043-0374
1037:Citations
1008:Footnotes
956:navalized
931:starboard
906:broken up
833:De Grasse
815:Gneisenau
803:De Grasse
797:Gneisenau
684:Deschimag
680:from the
186:Full load
180:long tons
121:Laid down
3424:May 1945
3324:Bullhead
3229:Bullhead
3190:Thornton
2607:Hamakaze
2601:Asashimo
2429:Awa Maru
2274:Type XXI
2264:Type XIV
2249:Type VII
1982:Bismarck
1950:Seydlitz
1855:Seydlitz
1684:Seydlitz
1581:(2003).
1473:(1990).
1375:(2007).
1356:Campbell
1344:Campbell
1332:Campbell
1228:Fontenoy
978:Armament
968:catapult
940:Seydlitz
901:Seydlitz
886:Red Army
852:Seydlitz
827:Seydlitz
777:Seydlitz
759:Bismarck
695:Seydlitz
671:Seydlitz
650:Seydlitz
624:Seydlitz
600:Seydlitz
589:Seydlitz
568:long-ton
508:for the
500:Red Army
480:Renamed
474:Seydlitz
433:Seydlitz
403:Armament
368:catapult
289:Armament
178:(17,300
129:Launched
93:Namesake
86:Seydlitz
51:Seydlitz
36:Seydlitz
3347:Redmill
3315:Harding
3277:Sigsbee
3268:Zellars
3255:Lindsey
3213:Mullany
3199:Defense
3074:Goodall
2937:Swallow
2868:Pringle
2632:LST-447
2613:Isokaze
2574:Newcomb
2553:Colhoun
2458:Brummer
2310:R boats
2305:E-boats
2254:Type IX
2244:Type II
2226:U-boats
2216:Ausland
2211:Type 44
2206:Type 41
2201:Type 40
2196:Type 39
2191:Type 37
2186:Type 35
2181:Type 24
2176:Type 23
2088:Leipzig
2067:Gazelle
1727:Tallinn
1670:BlĂĽcher
1552:1647131
1264:Whitley
1177:Whitley
1027:caliber
960:Bf 109T
821:Potsdam
791:Potsdam
765:Tirpitz
747:U-boats
609:boilers
578:". The
200:overall
160:cruiser
103:Builder
60:History
3379:U-3525
3338:Tolman
3302:Bryant
3293:Laffey
3261:U-1024
3220:Rodman
3206:Emmons
3161:U-1055
3092:U-1107
3065:U-1017
2993:Ro-109
2902:Aquila
2886:U-1274
2861:LĂĽtzow
2846:U-1235
2840:U-1063
2820:U-1206
2800:U-1024
2751:U-2516
2745:U-3512
2739:U-2514
2733:U-2509
2727:U-1065
2677:U-1001
2663:Yamato
2657:Yahagi
2651:U-1195
2645:PGM-18
2625:Kasumi
2581:Witter
2567:Morris
2560:Leutze
2516:U-3003
2483:U-3505
2477:U-2542
2471:U-1221
2437:CD-186
2259:Type X
2239:Type I
2142:Narvik
2134:Narvik
1732:LĂĽtzow
1708:
1691:LĂĽtzow
1648:
1589:
1567:
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1500:
1481:
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1296:Schenk
1279:Gröner
1249:Gröner
1216:Schenk
1204:Gröner
1126:Gröner
1097:Gröner
1080:Gröner
964:Ju 87D
948:Bf 109
922:Bf 109
895:LĂĽtzow
809:Europa
794:, and
784:Europa
690:Bremen
516:Design
505:LĂĽtzow
488:Bf 109
437:was a
387:Length
346:Turret
195:Length
172:Normal
157:-class
115:Bremen
3362:Huron
3286:Ekins
3246:I-401
3155:U-857
3149:U-548
3143:U-398
3137:U-396
3131:U-325
3125:U-246
3119:Snook
3112:Ro-49
3106:Ro-46
3086:U-879
3080:TA 43
3059:U-307
3053:U-286
3027:CH-17
3019:TA 34
3005:U-326
2999:TA 32
2979:U-546
2973:U-108
2958:U-183
2943:U-518
2928:U-636
2920:U-879
2914:U-548
2908:U-251
2880:U-880
2834:U-285
2828:U-103
2814:U-235
2786:U-486
2780:Ro-64
2765:Weser
2759:U-878
2721:U-982
2715:U-843
2709:U-804
2703:U-747
2697:U-677
2691:Ro-56
2671:U-774
2619:Isuzu
2524:U-242
2510:U-749
2504:U-237
2450:U-321
2298:Other
2074:Emden
1849:class
1833:class
1750:class
1138:Evans
1013:Notes
952:Ju 87
944:'
866:Weser
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654:'
628:'
613:knots
545:class
492:Ju 87
483:Weser
458:class
395:Draft
328:Armor
306:12 Ă—
300:12 Ă—
267:knots
262:Speed
214:Draft
3407:1946
3399:1945
3391:1944
3371:Baya
3355:Argo
3331:Pogy
3308:Goya
3100:I-56
3047:U-56
3041:I-44
3033:U-56
2894:Goya
2874:U-78
2546:Bush
2531:S-17
2489:T111
2465:S-16
1943:Jade
1847:Jade
1756:None
1730:(ex-
1587:ISBN
1565:ISBN
1548:OCLC
1540:ISSN
1517:ISBN
1498:ISBN
1479:ISBN
1457:ISBN
1438:ISBN
1419:ISBN
1400:ISBN
1381:ISBN
882:hulk
878:Kiel
830:and
812:and
540:The
334:Belt
312:8 Ă—
294:8 Ă—
252:3 Ă—
243:3 Ă—
206:Beam
137:Fate
81:Name
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547:of
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