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Photo # NH 54206: Cutlass fencing demonstration on board USS Enterprise, circa spring 1890

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USS Enterprise (1877-1909) --
Views by E.H. Hart, 1890 (Part II: Crew Members with Weapons)


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For other images related to this ship, see:

  • USS Enterprise (1877-1909).


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    Photo #: NH 54202

    USS Enterprise
    (1877-1909)

    Ship's XI-inch Dahlgren pivot gun "in action", probably while she was at the New York Navy Yard, circa spring 1890.
    Photographed by E.H. Hart, New York City.
    View looks aft from the forecastle, with the navigating bridge in the background.
    Note the gun's iron carriage, Sailor at left holding a shell (weighing about 127 pounds) in preparation for loading, and men wearing double row loop cartridge belts for "trap-door Springfield" rifles.

    U.S. Naval Historical Center Photograph.

    Online Image: 97KB; 740 x 455 pixels

     
    Photo #: NH 54208-B

    USS Enterprise
    (1877-1909)

    Tripod-mounted Gatling gun on the quarterdeck, probably while the ship was at the New York Navy Yard, circa spring 1890.
    Photographed by E.H. Hart, New York City.
    Note sea chest and round skylight in the foreground.

    U.S. Naval Historical Center Photograph.

    Online Image: 93KB; 620 x 675 pixels

     
    Photo #: NH 54203

    USS Enterprise
    (1877-1909)

    Ship's Gatling gun and its crew posed on deck, probably while she was at the New York Navy Yard, circa spring 1890.
    Photographed by E.H. Hart, New York City.
    View looks aft and to port, with the quarterdeck in the background.
    Note the gun's field carriage.

    U.S. Naval Historical Center Photograph.

    Online Image: 112KB; 740 x 475 pixels

     
    Photo #: NH 54204

    USS Enterprise
    (1877-1909)

    Landing party with three-inch rifled field gun drilling on a wharf, with the ship behind them, probably while Enterprise was at the New York Navy Yard, circa spring 1890.
    Photographed by E.H. Hart, New York City.
    Note the revolvers and cutlasses worn by many of these Sailors, ship's pilothouse and bridge, and iron boat cradles by her port bulwark.

    U.S. Naval Historical Center Photograph.

    Online Image: 124KB; 740 x 475 pixels

     
    Photo #: NH 54205

    USS Enterprise
    (1877-1909)

    Sailors practicing with cutlasses on the ship's main deck, probably while she was at the New York Navy Yard, circa spring 1890.
    Photographed by E.H. Hart, New York City.
    View looks forward from the quarterdeck.
    Note Gatling gun on a field carriage in the lower left center, and IX-inch Dahlgren guns at the midships gun ports.

    U.S. Naval Historical Center Photograph.

    Online Image: 123KB; 740 x 470 pixels

     
    Photo #: NH 54206

    USS Enterprise
    (1877-1909)

    Two Sailors demonstrate cutlass fencing, while other crew members look on, probably while the ship was at the New York Navy Yard, circa spring 1890.
    Photographed by E.H. Hart, New York City.

    U.S. Naval Historical Center Photograph.

    Online Image: 98KB; 740 x 465 pixels

     
    Photo #: NH 54207

    USS Enterprise
    (1877-1909)

    "Rally on the Flag": Sailors and Marines in close combat drill with small arms, probably while the ship was at the New York Navy Yard, circa spring 1890.
    Photographed by E.H. Hart, New York City.
    Rifles are "trap-door Springfield" types. Some Sailors are wearing double row loop cartridge belts.
    Note the "bodies" on the deck, and the landing force ammunition caisson in the lower right.

    U.S. Naval Historical Center Photograph.

    Online Image: 118KB; 740 x 475 pixels

     

    For other images related to this ship, see:

  • USS Enterprise (1877-1909).


    If you want higher resolution reproductions than the digital images presented here, see: "How to Obtain Photographic Reproductions."


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