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Photo #: NH 54485

"Departure of the U.S.S. Columbus and Vincennes from Jeddo Bay, July the 29th 1846"


Contemporary lithograph published by Wagner & McGuigan, based on sketches by John Eastly. It depicts USS Columbus (right), flagship of Commodore James Biddle, and USS Vincennes (left) being towed out of Jeddo Bay, Japan, by a fleet of Japanese small craft on 29 July 1846. The nine days these ships spent in Jeddo (Tokyo) Bay was the first visit made by the U.S. Navy to Japanese waters.
See Photo # NH 54485 (extended caption) for the text printed at the bottom of this print.

Courtesy of Mrs. Macomb, Washington, D.C., circa 1920.

U.S. Naval Historical Center Photograph.

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22 November 2002