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NH 93336 Navy Steam Launch

Photo #: NH 93336  Navy Steam Launch
Title: Navy Steam Launch
Description: Lying to off the eastern end of the Washington Navy Yard waterfront, District of Columbia, circa 1899. She is flying a 13-star boat flag. Among the buildings in the background are the Commandant's Office (Building # 1) near the left side of the view, the Experimental Model Basin (Building # 70) in the center, and the eastern shiphouse just beyond and toward the right. Note the large crane and coal pile near the waterfront, at left. The original glass plate negative is # 19-N-24-3-7 in the collections of the National Archives. U.S. Naval History and Heritage Command Photograph.
Catalog #: NH 93336
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