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 44611
USS Swatara (1874-1896)
At the New York Navy Yard on 14 May 1874, three days after she
was commissioned.
Ship under construction behind Swatara is the future USS
Trenton.
Note the distinctive waterfront crane.
Courtesy of the Bethlehem Steel Company Archives. Skerrett Collection.
U.S. Naval Historical Center Photograph.
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