Photo #: NH 60873
USS Miami (1862-1865)
Members of the ship's crew on the forecastle, circa 1864-65.
Frank W. Hackett, a former officer of the ship, wrote in 1910:
"The officer standing in the background, at the extreme
prow of the ship, is W.N. Wells, Executive Officer. The man in
the fore ground with his arm on the nine-inch gun is White, the
gunner. Sergeant of Marines, Stanley, is sitting in the fore-ground,
near the capstan".
Men are playing checkers by the capstan. Anti-boarding nettings
are rigged on each side of the ship but rolled up in way of the
bow guns. There are a number of black sailors visible among the
crew.
The text of Mr. Hackett's comments was provided by John W. Hinds
in 1994.
U.S. Naval Historical Center Photograph.
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