Photo #: NH 58781
USS Kearsarge vs. CSS Alabama, 19 June 1864
Section of Kearsarge's sternpost, with a shell imbedded
in it that had been fired by the Alabama during the battle.
This rifle shell is about seven inches in diameter and weighs
about 56 pounds.
Photograph was taken circa 1960, by which time the sternpost
section had been encased in an expanded metal protective covering.
By 1972, it was on exhibit at the U.S. Navy Memorial Museum,
Washington Navy Yard, Washington, D.C.
U.S. Naval Historical Center Photograph.
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