U. S. NAVY TAKES OVER PORTS OF BREMEN AND BREMERHAVEN
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U. S. NAVY TAKES OVER PORTS OF BREMEN AND BREMERHAVEN
July 13, 1945
Gelatin silver print
Overall: 20.3 x 25.4 cm
Gift of Joanna T. Steichen, ex-collection Edward Steichen
Inscriptions verso (printed): FILE NUMBER: 333665 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 the retreating and surrendering Nazis, found sections of Nazi U-boats/
ready to be assembled in the sub pens of 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./
The Stars and Stripes replace the Nazi Swastika over a German destroyer, captured/
when the U. S. Navy moved into Bremerhaven. Hoisting the colors are D. R. Farce/
Coxswain (left) of Orange, Texas, and J. J. Cotter, Soundman, of 42 Goldsmith St.,/
Jamaica Plain, Mass. Both are attached to the U. S. Navy's advance base set/
up in Bremerhaven to supply American occupational forces./
(printed): 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 a District Public Relations Office. However, it has no/
power to waive the privacy rights of the personnel portrayed./
(stamped): BUAER 333665
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 the retreating and surrendering Nazis, found sections of Nazi U-boats/
ready to be assembled in the sub pens of 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./
The Stars and Stripes replace the Nazi Swastika over a German destroyer, captured/
when the U. S. Navy moved into Bremerhaven. Hoisting the colors are D. R. Farce/
Coxswain (left) of Orange, Texas, and J. J. Cotter, Soundman, of 42 Goldsmith St.,/
Jamaica Plain, Mass. Both are attached to the U. S. Navy's advance base set/
up in Bremerhaven to supply American occupational forces./
(printed): 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 a District Public Relations Office. However, it has no/
power to waive the privacy rights of the personnel portrayed./
(stamped): BUAER 333665
