German cruiser Deutschland
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Deutschland was the lead ship of her class of heavy cruisers which served with the Kriegsmarine of Nazi Germany during World War II. Ordered by the Weimar government for the Reichsmarine, she was laid
Deutschland in 1935
US Navy recognition drawing of Lützow
Deutschland at her launch
Deutschland, around 1936
German cruiser Lützow (1939)
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Lützow was a heavy cruiser of Nazi Germany's Kriegsmarine, the fifth and final member of the Admiral Hipper class, but was never completed. The ship was laid down in August 1937 and launched in July 1
German cruiser Deutschland
…the remaining two ships of this class as heavy cruisers. In 1940, she was renamed Lützow, after the unfinished Admiral Hipper-class heavy cruiser Lützow was sold to the Soviet Union the previous year. The ship saw significant action with the Kriegsmarine, including several non-intervention patrols in…
Tallinn in Leningrad, c. 1949
Recognition drawing of an Admiral Hipper-class cruiser
Photo of Lützow's bow at her launching ceremony