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| Keywords: US radar on German cruiser Prinz Eugen in 1946.jpg View of the pilot house of the former German heavy cruiser Prinz Eugen officially USS Prinz Eugen IX-300 with a U S radar van lashed on top Prinz Eugen 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 <br> The two officers on the bridge seem to be U S Navy Captain A H Graubart captain of Prinz Eugen and Captain Hans Jürgen Reinicke commander of the German crew 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 37 ca 1946-03 U S Navy PD-USGov-Military-Navy Prinz Eugen ship 1938 | ||||
