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NH 92921 USS Kearsarge (1862-1894)

Photo #: NH 92921 USS Kearsarge (1862-1894)
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Description: Ship's officers pose by her forward XI-inch Dahlgren pivot gun, which is trained to starboard. Taken at Sydney, Australia, circa mid 1869. View looks aft from the forecastle. Identified officers include: Lieutenant Commander Charles V. Gridley (front, far left); Surgeon C.H. Burbank (front, just left of gun muzzle, with full beard); and Commander James S. Thornton, Commanding Officer (front, center, with gun trunnion behind him). Note telescoping smokestack, boiler room cowls turned to port, spare spars stowed along the port side bulwark, and dog on deck in front of the officers. Courtesy of Tom Halpin, 1981. U.S. Naval History and Heritage Command Photograph.
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