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Online Library of Selected Images -- Picture Data

Photo #: 165-C-750

Enlarged Confederate "David"-type Steamship


At Charleston, South Carolina, in 1865, after the city's capture by Federal forces.
This vessel, built along the lines of the "David"-type torpedo boats, but over three times as long, was intended for use as a blockade runner.

Photograph from the Collections of the U.S. National Archives.

Online Image: 103KB; 740 x 540 pixels

 

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29 October 2001