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.
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