Photo #: NH 51303
USS Lehigh (1863-1904)
View on the monitor's deck, probably taken while she was serving
on the James River, Virginia, in 1864-65.
Probably photographed by the Matthew Brady organization.
Note her turret, with a XV" Dahlgren smoothbore in one gun
port (center) and a smaller gun (probably an 8" Parrott
rifle) in the other.
Also note armored pilothouse atop the turret, armor plates and
turret base ring added to the ship on the basis of combat experience,
the 12-pounder Dahlgren howitzer mounted on an iron field carriage,
and the bitt in the foreground.
U.S. Naval Historical Center Photograph.
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