Photo #: NH 61925
USS Catskill (1863-1901)
Officers posing on deck and atop the turret, while the ship was
in Charleston harbor, South Carolina, in 1865. The Commanding
Officer, Lieutenant Commander Edward Barrett, is seated on the
turret, in center.
Note awning spread over the turret and conning tower, ship's
bell mounted on the turret side, marks from Confederate shot
hits on the turret armor, and additional armor plate laid on
the deck.
Guns on field carriages are 12-pounder Dahlgren howitzers. Turret
gun to the right is a XI-inch Dahlgren smoothbore. The other
turret gun is a XV-inch Dahlgren smoothbore.
Courtesy of the Library of Congress.
U.S. Naval Historical Center Photograph.
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