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NH 42297 USS Vandalia

Photo #: NH 42297 USS Vandalia
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Title: USS Vandalia
Description: (1876-1889) Ship's Company (all enlisted men) pose amidships on the gun deck during the summer of 1886, while she was preparing for service on the Pacific Station. Photographed while Vandalia was in Dry Dock # 1 at the New York Navy Yard, with Building # 20 in the background. View looks forward from the quarterdeck. Note IX-inch Dahlgren guns and manual pump (just forward of the hatch) in the foreground. Photographer was probably E.H. Hart, 1162 Broadway, New York City. U.S. Naval History and Heritage Command Photograph.
Catalog #: NH 42297
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