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Online Library of Selected Images:
-- U.S. NAVY SHIPS --

USS Huron (1875-1877)

USS Huron, a 1020-ton Alert class screw steam gunboat built at Chester, Pennsylvania, was commissioned in November 1875. Until mid-1877, she cruised in the Caribbean area, calling on ports in Central America, northern South America and the West Indies. Following repairs at New York, Huron departed Hampton Roads, Virginia, on a voyage to collect scientific information in the area of Cuba. However, while en route on 24 November 1877, she was wrecked in a storm near Nag's Head, North Carolina. Nearly a hundred of her officers and men were lost in this tragedy.

This page features all our views related to USS Huron (1875-1877).

For a picture of a man awarded the Medal of Honor for heroism aboard either this USS Huron or the earlier ship of the name, see:

  • Seaman James Carey.


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

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

    Photo #: NH 85311

    USS Alert class iron gunboat


    Photographed while fitting out, circa 1874-75.
    The three ships of this class were Alert (1875-1922), Huron (1875-1877) and Ranger (1876-1940).

    U.S. Naval Historical Center Photograph.

    Online Image: 70KB; 555x 675 pixels

     
    Photo #: NH 53410

    USS Huron (1875-1877)


    Line engraving from "Fag Ends", 1881, depicting the ship's loss near Nag's End, North Carolina, on 24 November 1877.

    U.S. Naval Historical Center Photograph.

    Online Image: 215KB; 740 x 445 pixels

     

    Another image of this ship is owned by the Mariners' Museum:

  • Starboard broadside photograph of USS Huron (1875-1877), taken while in port, showing her three-masted schooner rig.
    This image is owned by the Mariners' Museum, Newport News, Virginia, and has their Photograph Number PN-1351.
    A copy of it, incorrectly credited to the Naval Historical Center, can be seen on page 57 of "Warships of the Civil War Navies", by Paul H. Silverstone (Naval Institute Press, Annapolis, Maryland, 1989).


    For additional information on this photograph, the availability of reproductions and usage rights, contact the Mariners' Museum. Its WEB Site can be readily found through standard Internet search engines.
  • For a picture of a man awarded the Medal of Honor for heroism aboard either this USS Huron or the earlier ship of the name, see:

  • Seaman James Carey.


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


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    Page made 16 February 2001