Photo #: NH 42616
USS Pinta (1865-1908)
Ship's officers on board, at Sitka, Alaska, 1889.
Those identified are:
Passed Assistant Surgeon Henry B. Fitts (far left):
Lieutenant Albon C. Hodgson (3rd from left);
Lieutenant Commander Oscar W. Farenholt, Commanding Officer,
(center);
Ensign Robert E. Coontz (far right).
Note very fancy binnacle at left and small Dahlgren howitzer
on a pivot-mount at right.
Collection of Rear Admiral Ammen C. Farenholt, USN(MC), 1931.
U.S. Naval Historical Center Photograph.
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