DEPARTMENT OF THE NAVY -- NAVAL HISTORICAL CENTER
805 KIDDER BREESE SE -- WASHINGTON NAVY YARD
WASHINGTON DC 20374-5060
Online Library of Selected Images -- Picture Data
Photo #: NH 54286
USS Essex (1861-1865)
Moored at Memphis, Tennessee, with her awnings up, during the
Civil War.
Note mortar boats alongside Essex, also with awnings deployed,
and small building atop the bluff, toward the left, marked "Pittsburgh
COAL", with the Pittsburgh Coal Company's castle symbol
between "CO" and "AL".
U.S. Naval Historical Center Photograph.
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