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Online Library of Selected Images -- Picture Data

Photo #: NH 460-KN (Color)

Warships of the sailing navy

Chromolithograph by Armstrong & Company, after an 1893 watercolor by Fred S. Cozzens, published in "Our Navy -- Its Growth and Achievements", 1897.
Ships depicted are from different eras, and are identified by the artist as (from left to right):
U.S. Brig Enterprise (1799-1823), firing a salute;
U.S. Ship of the Line Pennsylvania (1837-1861);
U.S. Ship of the Line North Carolina (1825-1867), mis-labeled by the artist as South Carolina; and
U.S. Brig Hornet (1805-1829).
The vessel under sail in the far center distance is not identified.

Collection of Captain Glenn Howell, USN, 1974.

U.S. Naval Historical Center Photograph.

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8 January 2002