Photo #: NH 56851-B
"Main yard there! ... Come down"
Lieutenant Alexander G. Gordon, Commanding Officer of the U.S.
Brig Porpoise, hails crewmen working aloft, during her
anti-slavery cruise off Africa, 1848.
Sketch by Captain's Clerk Charles F. Sands, reproduced from his
journal kept on board the Porpoise during this cruise.
Courtesy of Mr. W.F. Sands, 1939.
U.S. Naval Historical Center Photograph.
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