Captured Ships
The military campaigns in Europe yielded a number of captured vessels, many of which were under construction. Nations represented included Poland, Norway, the Netherlands, France, Yugoslavia, Greece, Soviet Union and Italy (after the armistice). Few of the incomplete ships were actually commissioned. Some captured not completed ships were used as block ships later in the war others were broken up.
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Famous quotes containing the words captured and/or ships:
“A woman with her two children was captured on the steps of the capitol building, whither she had fled for protection, and this, too, while the stars and stripes floated over it.”
—Jane Grey Swisshelm (1815–1884)
“Give blue-eyed men their swivel chairs
To whirl in tall buildings.
Allow them many ships at sea,
And on land, soldiers
And policemen.”
—Arna Bontemps (1902–1973)