Photo #: NH 53984
USS Galena (1862-1872)
Photograph looking forward along the ship's port side, shortly
after her 15 May 1862 action with Confederate batteries at Drewry's
Bluff, on the James River, Virginia.
Among the items visible are the muzzles of two of Galena's
IX-inch Dahlgren smoothbore guns; her unique horizontally-laid
interlocking iron side armor; armored gunport shutters; boat
davits; members of her crew; and at least one plugged hole from
enemy shot (near the waterline in bottom left center).
U.S. Naval Historical Center Photograph.
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