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Online Library of Selected Images -- Picture Data
Photo #: NH 53760
USS Governor Russell (1898-99)
Photographed in 1898.
This Boston ferryboat was converted to a gunboat during the Spanish-American
war. Damaged by a severe storm off the U.S. east coast in July
1898, she saw no service in the combat zone.
Note 5"/40 gun on her low forecastle deck.
U.S. Naval Historical Center Photograph.
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Posted 10 April 1998
Rescanned and reposted 18 October 2001