Port forward 15 cm/55 mount on Bismarck
under construction in 1939
U.S. Naval Historical Center Photograph
# NH 83984
15 cm/55 mount on Bismarck
In the background is one of the 10.5 cm
AA mountings
15 cm/55 guns on Admiral Graf Spee
Photograph taken at Montevideo, Uruguay
in mid-December 1939, following the Battle of the River Plate
U.S. Naval Historical Center Photograph
# NH 59659
After superstruture of Admiral Graf Spee
showing 15 cm/55 and 10.5 cm/65 guns
Note the burned-out Arado Ar 196A-1 floatplane
on the catapult and the after main-director rangefinder
Photograph taken at Montevideo, Uruguay
in mid-December 1939, following the Battle of the River Plate
U.S. Naval Historical Center Photograph
# NH 80976
15 cm/55 gun on Admiral Graf Spee after
she was scuttled
At upper left is a10.5 cm/65 twin mounting,
a photograph of which may be found here
Photograph taken on 2 February 1940 by
Ensign Richard D. Sampson, USN
U.S. Naval Historical Center Photograph
# NH 50958
15 cm/55 gun salvaged from Admiral Graf
Spee now on display at Museo de la Armada, in Montevideo, Uruguay
Photograph copyrighted by Federico Pedrido
and used here by his kind permission