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In June 1944, Prinz Eugen, the heavy cruiser Lützow, and the 6th Destroyer Flotilla formed the Second Task Force, later renamed Task Force Thiele after its commander, Vizeadmiral August Thiele. Prinz Eugen was at this time under the command of KzS Hans-Jürgen Reinicke, and she served as Thiele's flagship.
Later in the war, the light anti-aircraft batteries for Admiral Hipper and Prinz Eugen were modified. [c] Four 3.7 cm guns were removed and the number of 2 cm guns had increased to twenty-eight. In 1944, Prinz Eugen ' s 3.7 cm guns were replaced by fifteen 4 cm (1.6 in) Flak 28 guns.
On 11 October Lützow, the heavy cruiser Prinz Eugen, the destroyers Z25, Z35 and Z36, and the torpedo boats T13, T16, T20 and T21 [96] bombarded Memel in support of the German defense of the port. Lützow hit twenty targets with four hundred 28 cm and two hundred and forty-five 15 cm shells while Prinz Eugen fired six hundred and seventy-three ...
Prinz Eugen struck Leipzig on her port side, just forward of her funnel, cutting her nearly in half - the forward point of the clipper bow of Prinz Eugen actually stuck out beyond the starboard side of Leipzig. The collision destroyed the number 3 (port) engine room, flooded a second engine room and killed or wounded 39 crewmen.
A few months ago I posted a photo of the wreck of the Prinz Eugen, taken in the late 80s or early 90s. The photo was deleted over permissions issues. I was given the photos to scan by the original photographer, a movie industry model maker, with the explicit intention of having them posted on wikipedia.
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Wednesday night's plane crash outside Washington, D.C., that killed a yet-unknown number of U.S. figure skaters, coaches and family members was devastating news for the skating community.It also ...