U-boat floating crane - photo

U-boat floating crane lifting a Type XVIIB U-boat in Bremerhaven, Germany, c. 1945.

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Previously:

https://www.homemadetools.net/forum/...220#post161319
https://www.homemadetools.net/forum/...475#post169943
https://www.homemadetools.net/forum/...204#post130538
https://www.homemadetools.net/forum/...993#post156981
https://www.homemadetools.net/forum/...562#post166750

A relative to the larger shipyard cranes captured as WWII war prizes.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Herman...(crane_vessel)

Quality workmanship Nicht So that was before planned redundancy which seems to bedevil everything we make or buy these days.