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NH 52027 USS Kearsarge (1862-1894)

Photo #: NH 52027 USS Kearsarge (1862-1894)
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Title: USS Kearsarge (1862-1894)
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Description: Ship's crew at their battle stations, shortly after her June 1864 action with CSS Alabama. View looks aft from the forecastle, showing both XI-inch Dahlgren smoothbore cannon trained to starboard, as they were during the fight. Portly officer in the center foreground appears to be Acting Master James R. Wheeler. U.S. Naval History and Heritage Command Photograph.
Catalog #: NH 52027
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