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NH 61923 USS Monitor (1862)

Photo #: NH 61923  USS Monitor (1862)
Title: USS Monitor (1862)
Caption:
Description: View on deck looking forward on the starboard side, while the ship was in the James River, Virginia, 9 July 1862. The turret, with the muzzle of one of Monitor's two XI-inch Dahlgren smoothbore guns showing, is at left. Note dents in turret armor from hits by Confederate heavy guns and crewmembers atop the turret. Officers at right are (left to right): Third Assistant Engineer Robinson W. Hands, Acting Master Louis N. Stodder, Second Assistant Engineer Albert B. Campbell (seated) and Acting Volunteer Lieutenant William Flye (with binoculars). This photograph forms a stereograph pair with Photo # NH 2780. U.S. Naval History and Heritage Command Photograph.
Catalog #: NH 61923
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