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Photo # NH 44792:  USS Trenton ready for launching, at the New York Navy Yard, circa 1 January 1876

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USS Trenton (1877-1889) -- Construction and Miscellaneous Views


This page features all the views we have related to USS Trenton's construction and miscellaneous views related to that ship.

For additional pictures related to this ship, see:

  • USS Trenton (1877-1889).


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    Photo #: NH 44611

    USS Swatara
    (1874-1896)

    At the New York Navy Yard on 14 May 1874, three days after she was commissioned.
    Ship under construction behind Swatara is the future USS Trenton.
    Note the distinctive waterfront crane.

    Courtesy of the Bethlehem Steel Company Archives. Skerrett Collection.

    U.S. Naval Historical Center Photograph.

    Online Image: 104KB; 740 x 550 pixels

     
    Photo #: NH 44792

    USS Trenton
    (1877-1889)

    Ready for launching at the New York Navy Yard, Brooklyn, New York, on or about 1 January 1876.
    Note her bulbous ram bow.

    U.S. Naval Historical Center Photograph.

    Online Image: 90KB; 740 x 545 pixels

     
    Photo #: NH 43587

    USS Trenton
    (1877-1889)

    Armament arrangement drawing, taken from a contemporary publication.

    U.S. Naval Historical Center Photograph.

    Online Image: 78KB; 740 x 450 pixels

     
    Photo #: NH 76383

    USS Wampanoag (1867-1885);
    USS Tennessee (1867-1886); and
    USS Trenton (1877-1891)


    Plan comparing the three ships' machinery installations. It is marked: "Copy from Roach's April 16th (18)77".
    The plan emphasises the savings in weight, space and personnel represented in the machinery and boilers of the Tennessee and Trenton as compared with Wampanoag.

    The original drawing is # 107-10-5A in Record Group 19, National Archives.

    U.S. Naval Historical Center Photograph.

    Online Image: 161KB; 1200 x 805 pixels

     

    For additional pictures related to this ship, see:

  • USS Trenton (1877-1889).


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


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