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U.S. Forces take over German ports. From the bridge of the huge luxury liner Europa, U.S. Navy officers and the former German captain of the vessel direct the work of placing her in drydock at Bremerhaven. Left to right: Lieutenant Emmett Smith, USNR, executive officer; Captain Harold Holcomb, USN, senior captain in the European Theater of Operations, and Captain Oscar Scharf of the Europa. When 13 ...

U.S. Forces take over German ports. Spectators on shore watch as tugboats begin moving the captured former luxury liner Europa from its berth in Bremerhaven toward drydock one mile and a half away. It will be overhauled and refitted as a troop carrying ship for the U.S. Army.

U.S. Forces take over German ports. Ship workers at the stern of the dry docked Europa scrape barnacles from the rudder and propeller housing. The ship is being overhauled and repaired in Bremerhaven before being converted to a troop transport for the U.S. Army.

U.S. Forces take over German ports. The 52,000-ton Europa lies at a dock in Bremerhaven awaiting removal to drydock, where she will undergo repairs and general overhauling before being converted to a troop transport. She is guarded by U.S. Navy personnel. Built in 1928, the Europa lay idle during the five years of war.

U.S. Forces take over German ports. Sergeant Hubert L. Atkins (center) of Norfolk, Virginia, observes dredging operations at the port of Bremerhaven, Germany.

U.S. Forces take over German ports. Once the pride of German shipping, the former luxury liner Europa starts its trip to a drydock in Bremerhaven after being out of service for five years. Some of the 13 harbor tugs needed to maneuver the 52,000-ton vessel are shown pushing her as civilians and U.S. soldiers stationed in the area watch. The Europa will undergo general overhauling and repairs before ...

We gaan aan boord voor een gezellig uitstapje. Van rechts naar links ziet men Slager Zwart, Rosa Engel, Heyca, Schnucke een Feldwebel, Biehle, geboren op 5 april 1910 in Bremerhaven - overleden op 1 april 1945 in Zwolle en Simon v.d. Zee.

U.S. Forces take over German ports. The U.S. Black Warrior (left), first of three Allied ships to enter Bremerhaven since the outbreak of war in 1939, is pictured tied up at her berth. German laborers are unloading her cargo of food and equipment for U.S. troops in Germany.

U.S. Forces take over German ports. Two sailors aboard a U.S. Navy patrol boat in the Weser River at Bremerhaven view a captured German destroyer, now under guard by American naval personnel.