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NH 47017 USS Metacomet (1864-1868)

Photo #: NH 47017 USS Metacomet (1864-1868)
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Title: USS Metacomet (1864-1868)
Description: Line engraving, after a sketch by George Watters, published in Harper's Weekly, 10 December 1864, page 789, depicting a Sunday morning inspection aboard the ship. Crewmen are paraded with cutlasses beside one of the gunboat's 100-pounder Parrott rifled guns. Note hoisting arrangements in the hatch at left, possibly to supply ammunition to the gun, officers standing at right and hammocks stowed in the hammock rails. U.S. Naval History and Heritage Command Photograph.
Catalog #: NH 47017
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