USS Prinz Eugen was originally commissioned into the Kreigsmarine in Kiel, Germany, as KMS Prinz Eugen on August 1, 1940. Halftone imageįrom Division of Naval Intelligence, Identification and Characteristics Farrington)Ĭruiser, Prinz Eugen, circa 1941. “perhaps its most unwanted.” Perhaps the most unique detail about this formerly feared warship, however, was that it was perhaps the only one that was ever awarded to the Navy on the basis of lots drawn from the hat of its first (and only) American commander.Ī closeup view of a compass within a binnacle from the WWII German cruiser Prinz Eugen, part of the Hampton Roads Naval Museum (HRNM) collection. Remaining warship” at the end of the war. CaiellaĮugen was “the Kriegsmarine’s largest, most modern, and most famous Naval History magazine contributing editor J.M. It was the only German cruiser to be commissioned as an American warship, USS Prinz Eugen (IX 300). A number of captured British, Spanish, and German vessels had been inducted into American service in over a century-and-a-half of the Navy's existence, but there were other factors that made this vessel one-of-a-kind. It was unusual enough that, until about seven months before, it had belonged to an enemy in a fight to the death with the United States and its allies. On January 5, 1946, the United States Navy commissioned a heavy cruiser into its fleet.
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