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

USS Katahdin (1896-1909)

USS Katahdin, a 2155-ton armored ram, was built at Bath, Maine, and commissioned in February 1896. She had brief periods of active service, including Spanish-American War coast-defense duty in the western Atlantic. Katahdin was struck from the Navy List in July 1909 and converted to an experimental target ship. She was sunk by gunfire the following September.

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Photo #: NH 52245

USS Katahdin (1896-1909)


Halftone photograph, taken circa 1896-98.

Courtesy of Howard I. Chapelle, Smithsonian Institution.

U.S. Naval Historical Center Photograph.

Online Image: 82,800 bytes; 740 x 635 pixels

 

Photo #: NH 94258

USS Katahdin (1896-1909)


Crewmen standing by her forward superstructure, 1898. The original photograph, taken by J.F. Jarvis, was printed on a stereographic card. Note sheet metal ladder on the ship's "turtle back" hull side.

Courtesy of Commander Donald J. Robinson, USN(Ret), 1983..

U.S. Naval Historical Center Photograph.

Online Image: 62,986 bytes; 590 x 660 pixels

A stereo pair version of this image is available as Photo # NH 94258-A

Online Image of stereo pair: 41,484 bytes; 675 x 350 pixels

 

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25 September 1998