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| Keywords: German Prinz Eugen sailors return home in 1946.jpg German sailors of the former German heavy cruiser Prinz Eugen at New York City USA returning home Prinz Eugen officially USS Prinz Eugen IX-300 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 http //www navy mil/ah_online/department_arch html U S Navy All Hands magazine http //www navy mil/ah_online/archpdf/ah194604 pdf April 1946 p 36 ca 1946-03 U S Navy PD-USGov-Military-Navy Prinz Eugen ship 1938 People of the Kriegsmarine | ||||
