Photo #: NH 52636
USS Independence (1814-1914)
View on her spar deck, circa the early 1900s, while she was receiving
ship at the Mare Island Navy Yard, California.
Note hammocks stowed atop her bulwark, light guns installed in
some of her gun ports, and her large wooden roof.
Donation of Rear Admiral Ammen Farenholt, USN (Medical Corps).
U.S. Naval Historical Center Photograph.
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