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Online Library of Selected Images -- Picture Data
Photo #: NH 74523
Action between USS Hornet and HMS Penguin, 23 March
1815
Sketch by Fred S. Cozzens, 1892, copied from his 1897 book "Our
Navy -- Its Growth and Achievements".
It depicts Hornet, at left, firing on the British brig
sloop Penguin during the early part of the engagement.
U.S. Naval Historical Center Photograph.
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