DEPARTMENT OF THE NAVY -- NAVAL HISTORICAL CENTER
805 KIDDER BREESE SE -- WASHINGTON NAVY YARD
WASHINGTON DC 20374-5060
Online Library of Selected Images -- Picture Data
Photo #: NH 47207
Naval Constructor John L. Porter, CSN
Photograph published as a halftone in Fiveash, "Virginia-Monitor
Engagement", Norfolk, Va., 1907.
In 1861-62, he was involved in converting the burned U.S. frigate
Merrimack into the Confederate ironclad Virginia.
U.S. Naval Historical Center Photograph.
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