Positions of German warships according to a report of the American Naval Attaché at Berlin, Germany Nr. R562 dated 15 September 1939

Scharnhorst. ©Warshipsresearch.blogspot.com

Gneisenau.  ©Warshipsresearch.blogspot.com

Graf Spee.  ©Warshipsresearch.blogspot.com

Diary note dated Wednesday 6 September 1939. An item reported positions of German warships within the immediate past. Off Sassnitz either the battleship Scharnhorst or Gneisenau, at Wilhelmshaven the cruisers Emden and Scheer or Graf Spee, at Gdynia, Poland the U-14 and at Warnemunde the Luchs and Delfin. Of the latter two ships was the day before reported by US Lieutenant Commander Durgin.

Source

National Archives. FDR Presidential Library&Museum Roosevelt PSFC000175. War diary Naval Attaché Berlin, volume 1 (1 September 1939-26 May 1940)