Photo #: NH 42297
USS Vandalia (1876-1889)
Ship's Company (all enlisted men) pose amidships on the gun deck
during the summer of 1886, while she was preparing for service
on the Pacific Station.
Photographed while Vandalia was in Dry Dock # 1 at the
New York Navy Yard, with Building # 20 in the background. View
looks forward from the quarterdeck.
Note IX-inch Dahlgren guns and manual pump (just forward of the
hatch) in the foreground.
Photographer was probably E.H. Hart, 1162 Broadway, New York
City.
U.S. Naval Historical Center Photograph.
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