U.S. Navy Takes Over Ports Of Bremen and Bremerhaven
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U.S. Navy Takes Over Ports Of Bremen and Bremerhaven
ca. 1944
Gelatin silver print
Paper: 8 × 10 in. (20.3 × 25.4 cm)
Gift of Joanna T. Steichen, ex-collection Edward Steichen
Inscriptions stamped in ink on verso TR: BUAer 33675
stamped in ink on verso BL: 5 50 2
printed in ink on verso: FILE NUMBER: 333675 RELEASED: JULY 13, 1945/
U.S. NAVY TAKES OVER PORTS OF BREMEN AND BREMERHAVEN/
American sailors now control the sub pens and docks of Bremen and Bremerhaven,/ two major German ports on the Weser River. The bluejackets, moving in on the/ heels of retreating and surrendering Nazis, found sections of Nazi U-boats/ ready to be assembled in the sub pens at Bremen. At Bremerhaven ships which/ the Germans wouldn't dare send to sea, including the 52,000 ton liner Europa,/ were either docked and in need of repairs or had been scuttled. Both Bremen/ and Bremerhaven will now serve as shipping ports for American occupational forces./
Submarines were still on the ways when Germany collapsed. Here is a general view/ of the submarine building yards at Bremen, Germany, on the banks of the Weser River,/ showing half-finished U-boats on the ways. Some had been destroyed by Allied bombs/ just before they could be launched. Now the U.S. Navy has taken control of the/ port and the Nazi U-boat construction is a thing of the past./
WATCH YOUR CREDIT/
"OFFICIAL U.S. NAVY PHOTOGRAPH"/
The Navy Department has no objection to the use of this photograph in commercial/ advertisements, provided copy and layout are submitted for review prior to/ publication to the REVIEW SECTION, OFFICE OF PUBLIC RELATIONS, NAVY DEPARTMENT,/ WASHINGTON, D.C., or to District Public Relations Office. However, it has no/ power to waive the privacy rights of the personnel portrayed./
stamped in ink on verso BL: 5 50 2
printed in ink on verso: FILE NUMBER: 333675 RELEASED: JULY 13, 1945/
U.S. NAVY TAKES OVER PORTS OF BREMEN AND BREMERHAVEN/
American sailors now control the sub pens and docks of Bremen and Bremerhaven,/ two major German ports on the Weser River. The bluejackets, moving in on the/ heels of retreating and surrendering Nazis, found sections of Nazi U-boats/ ready to be assembled in the sub pens at Bremen. At Bremerhaven ships which/ the Germans wouldn't dare send to sea, including the 52,000 ton liner Europa,/ were either docked and in need of repairs or had been scuttled. Both Bremen/ and Bremerhaven will now serve as shipping ports for American occupational forces./
Submarines were still on the ways when Germany collapsed. Here is a general view/ of the submarine building yards at Bremen, Germany, on the banks of the Weser River,/ showing half-finished U-boats on the ways. Some had been destroyed by Allied bombs/ just before they could be launched. Now the U.S. Navy has taken control of the/ port and the Nazi U-boat construction is a thing of the past./
WATCH YOUR CREDIT/
"OFFICIAL U.S. NAVY PHOTOGRAPH"/
The Navy Department has no objection to the use of this photograph in commercial/ advertisements, provided copy and layout are submitted for review prior to/ publication to the REVIEW SECTION, OFFICE OF PUBLIC RELATIONS, NAVY DEPARTMENT,/ WASHINGTON, D.C., or to District Public Relations Office. However, it has no/ power to waive the privacy rights of the personnel portrayed./
