Photo #: NH 59308
"The Navy-Yard at Brooklyn, New York, June, 1861"
Line engraving published in "Harper's Weekly", July-December
1861, pages 456-457, depicting a large number of Navy ships
off the New York Navy Yard, early in the Civil War.
Vessels shown include (from left to right): USS Montgomery;
USS Vandalia; USS Brandywine; USS North Carolina;
USS Potomac; USS Savannah; USS R.R. Cuyler;
USS Mount Vernon; USS Roanoke; USS Resolute
and USS Wabash.
A rowing launch is underway in the foreground.
U.S. Naval Historical Center Photograph.
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