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Online Library of Selected Images -- Picture Data

Photo #: NH 59439

USS Mendota (1864-1867)


Ship's officers and crew on the foredeck, 1864-65. Photographed by Matthew Brady.
Note 100-pounder Parrott rifled gun on a pivot carriage; men wearing white "flat" hats with the ship's name on the hat ribbon; foremast and yard; anti-boarding netting; and capstan.

The original negative is # 111-B-469 in the National Archives.

U.S. Naval Historical Center Photograph.

Online Image: 167KB; 740 x 610 pixels

 

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6 March 2001