Photo #: NH 103117
USS Petrel (Gunboat # 2)
Fine-screen halftone reproduction of a pre-Spanish-American War
photograph of the ship, with vignette portraits of her officers
at the time of the 1 May 1898 Battle of Manila Bay.
The officers' names and ranks are listed below the image.
Copied from the book "The Battle of Manila Bay ... An Epic
Poem by Pay Director William W. Galt, U.S.N.", published
in 1900.
U.S. Naval Historical Center Photograph.
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