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Photo # NH 63033: 'Old Salts', veteran sailors on board USS Hartford, 1876

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"Old Salts ..."


This page features images of old Sailors of by-gone days.

For other views with similar themes, see:

  • "The Old Navy"; and
  • "Spinning a Yarn".


    If you want higher resolution reproductions than the Online Library's digital images, see: How to Obtain Photographic Reproductions.

    Click on the small photograph to prompt a larger view of the same image.

    Photo #: KN-582 (Color)

    Quartermaster Dick Libby, USN

    Oil on canvas, 30" x 26", by Charles O. Cole (1814-c.1856). Painted circa 1834.
    See Photo # KN-582 (extended caption) for more information on this painting.

    Painting in the U.S. Naval Academy Museum Collection. Transferred from the Boston Naval Library and Institute, 1921.

    Official U.S. Navy Photograph.

    Online Image: 89KB; 585 x 765 pixels

    Reproductions of this image may also be available through the National Archives photographic reproduction system as Photo # 428-KN-582

     
    Photo #: KN-583 (Color)

    Quartermaster Frederick Boyer, USN

    Oil on canvas, 29" x 24", by Henry C. Flagg (1811-1862). Painted circa 1840-1845.
    See Photo # KN-583 (extended caption) for more information on this painting.

    Painting in the U.S. Naval Academy Museum Collection. Transferred from the Boston Naval Library and Institute, 1921.

    Official U.S. Navy Photograph.

    Online Image: 55KB; 585 x 765 pixels

    Reproductions of this image may also be available through the National Archives photographic reproduction system as Photo # 428-KN-583

     
    Photo #: NH 90536

    USS Pawnee
    (1860-1884)

    View on deck, looking aft from the forecastle, circa 1863-1864.
    An "Old Salt" is standing by the ship's 100-pounder Parrott rifle, with the starboard battery of nine-inch Dahlgren shell guns visible beyond.
    Note awnings spread overhead, and crewmen sitting on the deck amidships.

    Courtesy of "Civil War Times Illustrated" magazine.

    U.S. Naval History and Heritage Command Photograph.

    Online Image: 116KB; 740 x 455 pixels

     
    Photo #: NH 44588

    USS Ohio (1838-1883)


    Two "old salts" on the ship's forecastle, circa the 1870s.
    Note the rating badges on their right sleeves. Also seen are a bell, winch, chain and gratings.

    Courtesy of Captain Yancy S. Williams, USN, 1928.

    U.S. Naval History and Heritage Command Photograph.

    Online Image: 134KB; 740 x 535 pixels

     
    Photo #: NH 63033

    Ten "Old Salts"


    Photograph taken on board USS Hartford at Hampton Roads, Virginia, Winter 1876.
    The men present are: (Front row, left to right) Seaman James H. Bell and Quartermaster Thomas Trueman;
    (Second row, left to right) Boatswain's Mate Peter Eagen, Seaman Isaac Turner and Schoolmaster James Connell;
    (Rear row, left to right) Boatswain's Mate Edward Nash, Boatswain's Mate David Clark, Seaman William McNulty, Quarter Gunner William Harrington and Gunner's Mate Albert Allen.
    See Photo #s NH 63037 (extended caption) for more information on these men.

    Photograph received from the Portsmouth Naval Shipyard, Kittery, Maine, 4 November 1935.

    U.S. Naval History and Heritage Command Photograph.

    Online Image: 115KB; 600 x 765 pixels

     
    Photo #: NH 63037

    Ten "Old Salts"


    Photograph taken on board USS Hartford at Hampton Roads, Virginia, winter 1876-77, by order of Chaplain David H. Tribue, USN.
    The men present are: (Front row, left to right) Seaman James H. Bell and Quartermaster Thomas Trueman;
    (Second row, left to right) Boatswain's Mate Peter Eagen, Seaman Isaac Turner and Schoolmaster James Connell;
    (Rear row, left to right) Boatswain's Mate Edward Nash, Boatswain's Mate David Clark, Seaman William McNulty, Quarter Gunner William Harrington and Gunner's Mate Albert Allen.
    See Photo #s NH 63037 (extended caption) for more information on these men.

    Photograph received from the Portsmouth Naval Shipyard, Kittery, Maine, 4 November 1935.

    U.S. Naval History and Heritage Command Photograph.

    Online Image: 68KB; 740 x 590 pixels

     
    Photo #: NH 46018

    USS Minnesota
    (1857-1901)

    Reproduction of an engraving originally published in "Harper's Weekly", 27 April 1878, depicting scenes on board Minnesota, which was then serving as training ship for Naval Apprentices at the New York Navy Yard.
    The central image, showing the firing of broadside guns, is surrounded by vignettes, the subjects of which include (clockwise from upper left): Captain Stephen B. Luce, Negro Stewards, "A Waltz among the Guns", lessons in clothing making, the ship's Doctor greeting ladies, a boxing class, "The Ancient Armorer" supervising firearms cleaning(he is holding what appears to be a Remington single-shot rifle), medical "Examination for Admission", and "Single Stick Exercise".

    U.S. Naval History and Heritage Command Photograph.

    Online Image: 432KB; 1200 x 865 pixels

     
    Photo #: NH 101372

    USS Baltimore (Cruiser # 3)


    Two Chief Petty Officers enjoy a game of "Acey-Deucy" on deck, circa 1904-06. The man at left wears an Ex-Apprentice's "figure-eight knot" badge on his right sleeve.
    Note coiled fire hose and sewing machine in the background.

    Copied from the USS Baltimore album, page 42.

    U.S. Naval History and Heritage Command Photograph.

    Online Image: 76KB; 740 x 445 pixels

     
    Photo #: NH 50641

    Watertender "Jack" (or "Pop") Dalton, USN


    Wearing his medals on board USS Margaret (SP-527), circa 1917-1918.
    Photographed by Raymond D. Borden.

    U.S. Naval History and Heritage Command Photograph.

    Online Image: 68KB; 420 x 765 pixels

     
    Photo #: NH 95614

    Recruiting, circa 1920


    An "Old Salt" and a young Sailor passing a recruiting poster that was popular in about 1920.

    Courtesy of the U.S. Naval Institute Photo Collection, Annapolis, Maryland, 1985.

    U.S. Naval History and Heritage Command Photograph.

    Online Image: 107KB; 740 x 600 pixels

     
    Photo #: NH 97953-KN (Color)

    "Old Salt of the Sixth Fleet"

    Letterpress reproduction of an oil painting by Frank E. Zuccarelli, depicting a "Salty Sailor" on board USS Strong (DD-758), while on duty with Sixth Fleet in the Mediterranean Sea, July 1972.

    Courtesy of the Navy Art Collection, Washington, D.C.

    U.S. Naval History and Heritage Command Photograph.

    Online Image: 149KB; 620 x 765 pixels

    Note:
    The original oil painting for this image was recovered in early 2009 and is now back in the custody of the Navy Art Collection.

     

    For other views with similar themes, see:

  • "The Old Navy"; and
  • "Spinning a Yarn".


    NOTES:

  • To the best of our knowledge, the pictures referenced here are all in the Public Domain, and can therefore be freely downloaded and used for any purpose.

  • Some images linked from this page may bear obsolete credit lines citing the organization name: "Naval Historical Center". Effective 1 December 2008 the name should be cited as: "Naval History and Heritage Command".


    If you want higher resolution reproductions than the Online Library's digital images, see: How to Obtain Photographic Reproductions.


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