SS Scharnhorst (1934)
SS Scharnhorst was a Norddeutscher Lloyd ocean liner that was launched in 1934 and completed in 1935, as the first big passenger liner built in the German Third Reich. Under German merchant flag she was the second liner named after General Gerhard J. D. von Scharnhorst (1755-1813), the famous Prussian army reformer and military theorist. She was converted into an Imperial Japanese Navy aircraft carrier named Shin'yō in 1942 and sunk by a US submarine in 1944.
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SS Scharnhorst (1934)
SS Scharnhorst was a Norddeutscher Lloyd ocean liner that was launched in 1934 and completed in 1935, as the first big passenger liner built in the German Third Reich. Under German merchant flag she was the second liner named after General Gerhard J. D. von Scharnhorst (1755-1813), the famous Prussian army reformer and military theorist. She was converted into an Imperial Japanese Navy aircraft carrier named Shin'yō in 1942 and sunk by a US submarine in 1944.
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SS Scharnhorst was a Norddeuts ...... unk by a US submarine in 1944.
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active years start date
1935-05-03
commissioning date
1943-12-15
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homeport
length (μ)
1.9068288e+2
owner
ship beam (μ)
2.258568e+1
ship launched
1934-12-18
status
*17 November 1944
top speed (kmh)
Wikipage page ID
15,226,103
Wikipage revision ID
720,981,148
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Ship acquired
Ship completed
Ship identification
*call sign DOQO
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Ship notes
*sister ships:
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Ship propulsion
twin steam turbines, turbo-electric transmission, twin screw
Ship registry
Ship route
Bremen – Far East
Ship sensors
direction finding equipment, echo sounding device, gyrocompass
Ship tonnage
*as built:
*tonnage under deck 13,618
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Ship yard number
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SS Scharnhorst was a Norddeuts ...... unk by a US submarine in 1944.
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SS Scharnhorst (1934)
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