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NHF-081 USN Ships Collection

32 black and white photographs and drawings of late 19th and early 20th century U.S. Navy warships. USS Hull (DD-7); USS Bennington (PG-4); USS Kansas (BB-21); USS Boxer (training ship, 1904); USS Isla de Cuba (PG, 1886); USS Canonicus (monitor, 1863); USS Salem (CL-3); USS Potomac (AT-50); USS Ranger (PG, 1876); USS Marietta (PG-15); USS Alvarado (PG, 1895); USS New Orleans (cruiser, 1896); USS Baltimore (C-3); USS Olympia (C-6); USS Paducah (PG-18); USS Michigan (BB-27)/ USS South Carolina (BB-26) drawing; USS Katahdin (ram, 1893); USS Vestal (AR-4)/USS Prometheus (AR-3) drawing; USS Mississipp (BB-23)/USS Idaho (BB-24) drawing; USS Buffalo (auxiliary cruiser, 1893); USS Maryland (ACR-8); USS Cleveland (C-19); USS Columbia (C-12); USS New York (ACR-2); USS Iowa (BB-4); USS Kentucky (BB-6); USS Mayflower (PY-1); USS Atlanta (cruiser, 1884); USS San Francisco (C-5); USS Illinois (BB-7); USS Marblehead (C-11); USS Topeka (PG, 1881). Most photos have been assigned NH numbers or removed to the NH collection.
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Title: USN Ships Collection
Caption: Collection Photo # NHF-081.01: USS Olympia (C-6) photographed after 1906. Similar to NH 43315, which has a bad tear.
Description: 32 black and white photographs and drawings of late 19th and early 20th century U.S. Navy warships. USS Hull (DD-7); USS Bennington (PG-4); USS Kansas (BB-21); USS Boxer (training ship, 1904); USS Isla de Cuba (PG, 1886); USS Canonicus (monitor, 1863); USS Salem (CL-3); USS Potomac (AT-50); USS Ranger (PG, 1876); USS Marietta (PG-15); USS Alvarado (PG, 1895); USS New Orleans (cruiser, 1896); USS Baltimore (C-3); USS Olympia (C-6); USS Paducah (PG-18); USS Michigan (BB-27)/ USS South Carolina (BB-26) drawing; USS Katahdin (ram, 1893); USS Vestal (AR-4)/USS Prometheus (AR-3) drawing; USS Mississipp (BB-23)/USS Idaho (BB-24) drawing; USS Buffalo (auxiliary cruiser, 1893); USS Maryland (ACR-8); USS Cleveland (C-19); USS Columbia (C-12); USS New York (ACR-2); USS Iowa (BB-4); USS Kentucky (BB-6); USS Mayflower (PY-1); USS Atlanta (cruiser, 1884); USS San Francisco (C-5); USS Illinois (BB-7); USS Marblehead (C-11); USS Topeka (PG, 1881). Most photos have been assigned NH numbers or removed to the NH collection.
Accession #: NHF
Catalog #: NHF-081
Donor: Naval Historical Foundation
Copyright Owner: Naval History and Heritage Command
After this Year: 1890
Before this Year: 1920
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