DEPARTMENT OF THE NAVY -- NAVAL HISTORICAL CENTER
805 KIDDER BREESE SE -- WASHINGTON NAVY YARD
WASHINGTON DC 20374-5060
Online Library of Selected Images -- Picture Data
Photo #: NH 1279
Loss of USS Monitor, 30-31 December 1862
Halftone reproduction of a Civil War era print, copied from the
"U.S. Naval Institute Proceedings", December 1926.
USS Rhode Island is standing by in the background, as
a boat removes crewmen from the sinking Monitor.
U.S. Naval Historical Center Photograph.
Online Image: 118KB; 740 x 505 pixels
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