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Pictures of United States Navy Ships 1775-1941



Index: Pictures of United States Navy Ships 1775-1941

Sail and Steam Ships

Note: This Select List describes photographs and photographs of artworks or models. No original artworks are included in this collection. [Order by Select List number. Example: Navy Ships 25.]


Fulton, starboard side, underway
23. Fulton, starboard side, underway. Side-wheel steamer. Artwork

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Mississippi, starboard side
24. Mississippi, starboard side. 10-gun side-wheel steamer. Artwork

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Missouri, starboard side, burning at Gibraltar Aug. 26, 1843
25. Missouri, starboard side, burning at Gibraltar Aug. 26, 1843. 10-gun side-wheel steamer. 1843. Drawing by George K Sonder.

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Princeton, starboard side, underway
26. Princeton, starboard side, underway. Steam screw sloop. Drawing by E Muller.

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Michigan, starboard stern quarter, underway
27. Michigan, starboard stern quarter, underway. (renamed the Wolverine in 1905) Iron-hulled sidewheel lake steamer. 1844.

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Powhatan, port side
28. Powhatan, port side. Side-wheel steamer. Artwork

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Pensacola, 1859. Steam screw sloop. Port side, at Arlington, Virginia.
29. Pensacola, 1859. Steam screw sloop. Port side, at Arlington, Virginia.. 1861.

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Hartford, starboard side at anchor
30. Hartford, starboard side at anchor. Steam screw sloop. 1859. Artwork by E Arnold.

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Monocacy, 1866. Side-wheel gunboat. Port side, towing boats on return from attack on Korean   mainland.
31. Monocacy, 1866. Side-wheel gunboat. Port side, towing boats on return from attack on Korean mainland.. 1871.

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Wampanoag, starboard side
32. Wampanoag, starboard side. (renamed the Florida in 1869). Artwork

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Please note: Based on leaflet Pictures of United States Navy ships, 1775-1941. Published by the National Archives Trust Fund Board, 1974. 14 pages. Web version differs in content from printed version. Printed version also contains fewer illustrations.

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