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Online Library of Selected Images -- Picture Data

Photo #: NH 59566

"Frigate Merrimac"


Line engraving published in "Harper's Weekly", 1861, as part of the larger print seen in Photo # NH 59236. It depicts USS Merrimack (incorrectly spelled "Merrimac") under repair at the Norfolk Navy Yard, circa early 1861. She was burned when Federal forces abandoned and destroyed the yard on 20 April 1861.

U.S. Naval Historical Center Photograph.

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2 May 2001