Photo #: NH 44709
USS Nipsic (1879-1913)
Ship's Marines drilling on deck, circa the 1880s. Their rifles
are of the "trap-door" Springfield type.
Photographed by Bradley & Rulofson, San Francisco, California.
Note hammocks lashed and stowed in the hammock rails, details
of standing rigging, fancy railings over hatches, capstain, and
lookout with telescope standing on the bulwark.
Donation of Rear Admiral Ammen Farenholt, USN(MC), November 1931.
U.S. Naval Historical Center Photograph.
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