Photo #: NH 59366
"Merchant Steamers Converted into Gun-boats."
Engraving published in "Harper's Weekly", July-December
1861 volume.
It depicts thirteen merchant steamships acquired by the U.S.
Navy between April and August 1861 and subsequently converted
into warships, plus the steamer Nashville (far left),
which became a Confederate cruiser.
U.S. Navy ships, as identified below the image bottom, are (from
left to right): Alabama, Quaker City, Santiago
de Cuba (listed as "St. Jago de Cuba"), Mount
Vernon, Massachusetts, South Carolina, Florida,
De Soto, Augusta, James Adger, Monticello,
Bienville and R.R. Cuyler.
U.S. Naval Historical Center Photograph.
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