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Online Library of Selected Images -- Picture Data

Photo #: NH 42950

USS Ossipee (1862-1891)


"General Muster" on board, circa 1887-88.
The ship's Commanding Officer, Commander William Bainbridge Hoff, is in center, leaning on the grating rack.
Note Marine sentry at the gangway, hammock stowage, and large percentage of black sailors among the crew at left.

U.S. Naval Historical Center Photograph.

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11 November 1998