enrique262: The wreck of the German heavy cruiser Prinz Eugen, accidentally sunk in December 19
enrique262: The wreck of the German heavy cruiser Prinz Eugen, accidentally sunk in December 1946 while in American service, following two underwater nuclear detonation test.The capsized wreck still remains with her propellers above water, as the US Navy banned any salvage operation due to the heavy radioactive contamination the ship suffered from, for fear of introducing radiated steel into the market, although one of her screw propellers was retrieved and placed in the Laboe Naval Memorial in Germany.Nevertheless, the wreck remains accesible to divers to this day, the last remaining German capital ship of World War II still visible from the surface. -- source link