Pictures of United States Navy Ships 1775-1941
Index: Pictures of United States Navy Ships 1775-1941
Sailing 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.]
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1. Alfred (formerly the Black Prince).
24-gun ship. Port stern quarter.
1775.
Painting
by Harry W Carpenter.
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2. Bonhomme Richard (formerly the Duc de Duras).
40-gun frigate. Starboard side, under sail.
1779.
Artwork
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3. Bonhomme Richard.
Starboard side. Photograph of wooden model.
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4. Bonhomme Richard. Battle with the Serapis, 1779.
1779.
Painting
by James Hamilton.
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5. Constellation, 1798. 38-gun frigate. Battle with
L'Insurgente
with France, February 1799.
1798.
Copy of artwork
by Hoff..
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6. Constellation.
Starboard, at wharf.
1926.
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7. Constitution.
44-gun frigate. Starboard bow, under sail.
Painting
by Marshall Johnson.
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8. Constitution. Sail plan.
Artwork
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9. Constitution. Meeting with the Guernere, 1812.
1812.
Artwork
by Thomas Birch.
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10. Constitution. Port beam, at sea.
1931.
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11. United States.
44-gun frigate Battle with the Macedonian, 1812.
1812.
Engraving
after Alonzo Chappel.
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 | 12. Enterprise, 1799. 12-gun schooner. Capturing a
Tripolitan corsair in 1801.
Drawing
by N. Hoff.
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13. Philadelphia.
38-gun frigate. Stranding and capture on Oct. 31, 1803.
1803.
Etching
by Joseph F Sabin from a drawing by Hoff.
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14. Essex.
32-gun frigate Port side, under sail.
Artwork
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15. Wasp, 1806. 18-gun sloop. Capture of the Frolic on
Oct. 18, 1812..
Drawing and engraving
by F. Kearny , based on sketch by Lieutenant Claxton.
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16. Erie, 1814.
18-gun sloop. Starboard side, under sail.
Artwork
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17. Independence, 1815. 74-gun ship of the line. Starboard side, under sail.
Artwork
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18. Independence. Sail plan.
Artwork
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19. Columbus.
74-gun ship of the line. Departure from Tokyo Bay with the Vincennes, July 19, 1846.
1846.
Drawing
from sketches by John Easterly.
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20. Hudson (formerly the Liberator), 1826. Port bow, under sail.
1826.
Engraving
by W I Bennet.
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21. Pennsylvania, Port side, under sail.
120-gun ship of the line.
1837.
Lithograph
by N. Currier.
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22. Somers, starboard side, under sail.
10-gun brig. Starboard side, under sail.
1842.
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.
