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Photo #: NH 85970

New York Navy Yard, Brooklyn, New York


View along the waterfront, probably in the Summer-Fall of 1866.
Ships present are (left to right):
USS Wampanoag (1867-1885), fitting out;
A screw gunboat of the Kansas or Cayuga class;
USS Madawaska (1867-1886), preparing for trials;
USS Susquehanna (1850-1883);
USS Idaho (1866-1874), laid up after her unsuccessful trials (across the channel from Wampanoag);
Two "Double-Ender" side-wheel gunboats; and
USS Vermont (1862-1902), in the extreme right background.

Courtesy of Martin Holbrook, 1977.

U.S. Naval Historical Center Photograph.

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21 December 1998