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Photo # NH 60342:  Crewmen exercising with USS Trenton's forward pivot gun, 1886

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USS Trenton (1877-1889) -- Views on Board (Part II)


This page features additional views taken on board USS Trenton.

For more views on board this ship, see:

  • USS Trenton (1877-1889) -- Views on Board.


    If you want higher resolution reproductions than the digital images presented here, see: "How to Obtain Photographic Reproductions."

    Click on the small photograph to prompt a larger view of the same image.

    Photo #: NH 2908

    USS Trenton
    (1877-1889)

    "Abandoned" -- a view on the spar deck, looking forward on the starboard side from alongside the ship's after pivot gun, during drills in 1886.
    The pivot gun is an eight-inch rifle, converted from a XI-inch Dahlgren smoothbore. Note Gatling gun on a field carriage at right and fancy round skylight in the center.
    Letterpress reproduction of a photograph by E.H. Hart, 1162 Broadway, New York City, published by the Photo-Gravure Company, New York, circa 1886.

    U.S. Naval Historical Center Photograph.

    Online Image: 179KB; 740 x 615 pixels

     
    Photo #: NH 60342

    USS Trenton
    (1877-1889)

    Crewmen exercising with the ship's forward pivot gun, 1886.
    This gun is an eight-inch rifle, converted from a XI-inch Dahlgren smoothbore.
    Letterpress reproduction of a photograph by E.H. Hart, 1162 Broadway, New York City, published by the Photo-Gravure Company, New York, circa 1886.

    U.S. Naval Historical Center Photograph.

    Online Image: 84KB; 740 x 410 pixels

     
    Photo #: NH 60343

    USS Trenton
    (1877-1889)

    Firing the ship's forward pivot gun, 1886.
    This gun is an eight-inch rifle, converted from a XI-inch Dahlgren smoothbore.
    Letterpress reproduction of a photograph by E.H. Hart, 1162 Broadway, New York City, published by the Photo-Gravure Company, New York, circa 1886.

    U.S. Naval Historical Center Photograph.

    Online Image: 136KB; 740 x 530 pixels

     
    Photo #: NH 42105

    USS Trenton
    (1877-1889)

    Explosion of a spar torpedo deployed from the ship's port side, during exercises in a U.S. east coast harbor, 6 September 1886.
    Letterpress reproduction of a photograph by E.H. Hart, 1162 Broadway, New York City, published by the Photo-Gravure Company, New York, circa 1886.

    U.S. Naval Historical Center Photograph.

    Online Image: 82KB; 610 x 765 pixels

     
    Photo #: NH 42103

    USS Trenton
    (1877-1889)

    Explosion of a spar torpedo deployed from the ship's starboard side, during exercises in a U.S. east coast harbor, 6 September 1886.
    Letterpress reproduction of a photograph by E.H. Hart, 1162 Broadway, New York City, published by the Photo-Gravure Company, New York, circa 1886.

    U.S. Naval Historical Center Photograph.

    Online Image: 107KB; 625 x 765 pixels

     
    Photo #: NH 42104

    USS Trenton
    (1877-1889)

    Explosion of a spar torpedo carried by the ship's steam launch, during exercises in a U.S. east coast harbor, 6 September 1886.
    Letterpress reproduction of a photograph by E.H. Hart, 1162 Broadway, New York City, published by the Photo-Gravure Company, New York, circa 1886.

    U.S. Naval Historical Center Photograph.

    Online Image: 143KB; 650 x 675 pixels

     
    Photo #: NH 42100-B

    USS Trenton
    (1877-1889)

    Ship's boats underway during boat drills in a U.S. east coast harbor, 1886. Note steam launch at right, with what appears to be a spar torpedo extending from its bow.
    Letterpress reproduction of a photograph by E.H. Hart, 1162 Broadway, New York City, published by the Photo-Gravure Company, New York, circa 1886.

    U.S. Naval Historical Center Photograph.

    Online Image: 82KB; 740 x 475 pixels

     
    Photo #: NH 42100-A

    USS Trenton
    (1877-1889)

    Ship's boats underway during boat drills in a U.S. east coast harbor, 1886.
    Letterpress reproduction of a photograph by E.H. Hart, 1162 Broadway, New York City, published by the Photo-Gravure Company, New York, circa 1886.

    U.S. Naval Historical Center Photograph.

    Online Image: 48KB; 740 x 450 pixels

     

    For more views on board this ship, see:

  • USS Trenton (1877-1889) -- Views on Board.


    If you want higher resolution reproductions than the digital images presented here, see: "How to Obtain Photographic Reproductions."


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