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:
“from above, thin squeaks of radio static,
The captured fume of space foams in our ears—”
—Hart Crane (1899–1932)
“Haven’t you heard, though,
About the ships where war has found them out
At sea, about the towns where war has come
Through opening clouds at night with droning speed
Further o’erhead than all but stars and angels
And children in the ships and in the towns?”
—Robert Frost (1874–1963)