DEPARTMENT OF THE NAVY -- NAVAL HISTORICAL CENTER
805 KIDDER BREESE SE -- WASHINGTON NAVY YARD
WASHINGTON DC 20374-5060
Online Library of Selected Images -- Picture Data
Photo #: NH 59586
USS Connecticut (1861-1865)
Line engraving, published in "Harper's Weekly", in
1861, depicting the ship undergoing conversion for Naval service,
at the New York Navy Yard, Brooklyn, New York, in July 1861.
She was originally the civilian steamship Mississippi.
U.S. Naval Historical Center Photograph.
Online Image: 143KB; 740 x 610 pixels
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