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Online Library of Selected Images -- Picture Data

Photo #: NH 55325

Warships in Rio de Janeiro Harbor, Brazil


Lithograph by Martinet, depicting the Brazilian ships Armacao and Nitherohy at left, HMS Alfred in the right center foreground and USS Congress (1842-1862) in the right distance. Date is during the 1840s or 1850s, when Congress was serving in the South Atlantic or passing through on her way to or from the Pacific.

Collection of President Franklin D. Roosevelt, April 1936.

U.S. Naval Historical Center Photograph.

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15 May 2001