File:US radar on German cruiser Prinz Eugen in 1946.jpg

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View of the pilot house of the former German heavy cruiser Prinz Eugen, officially USS Prinz Eugen (IX-300), with a U.S. radar van lashed on top. Prinz Eugen originally had a crew of 8 officers and 85 enlisted men of the U.S. Navy supervising 27 officers and 547 enlisted men of the former German Kriegsmarine for tests. The cruiser was sailed from Philadelphia, Pennsylvania (USA), to San Diego, California (USA) via the Panama Canal to take part in Operation Crossroads. The German crew was gradually reduced to zero with the effect that the cruiser reached Pearl Harbor under tow on 10 May 1946, as the U.S. crew could not operate the ultra-high pressure boilers.

The two officers on the bridge seem to be U.S. Navy Captain A.H. Graubart, captain of Prinz Eugen, and Captain Hans Jürgen Reinicke, commander of the German crew.
Date circa March 1946
date QS:P,+1946-03-00T00:00:00Z/10,P1480,Q5727902
Source U.S. Navy All Hands magazine April 1946, p. 37.
Author U.S. Navy

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