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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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28 March 2002