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

USS Kearsarge (1862-1894) --
Views of Ship, 1889 - 1894

This page features views showing USS Kearsarge as she was in 1889-1894.

For links to additional pictures of Kearsarge and her activities, see:

  • USS Kearsarge (1862-1894) -- Selected Views.

    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 63151

    USS Kearsarge (1862-1894)


    Photographed in New York Harbor, in about 1890.
    Her rig had been reduced from a ship to a bark in 1886-88.

    U.S. Naval Historical Center Photograph.

    Online Image: 82KB; 740 x 595 pixels

     
    Photo #: NH 86057

    USS Kearsarge (1862-1894)


    At the Portsmouth Navy Yard, Kittery, Maine, after her 1886-88 overhaul, when her rig was reduced from a ship to a bark.
    The receiving ship USS Constitution is in the center background.

    U.S. Naval Historical Center Photograph.

    Online Image: 88KB; 740 x 585 pixels

     
    Photo #: NH 75890

    USS Kearsarge (1862-1894)


    At the Portsmouth Navy Yard, Kittery, Maine, circa 1890.
    USS Vesuvius (1890-1922) is in the left background.

    Courtesy of Mr. N.F. Toczko, 1972.

    U.S. Naval Historical Center Photograph.

    Online Image: 62KB; 740 x 480 pixels

     
    Photo #: NH 52022

    USS Kearsarge (1862-1894)


    Anchored off Bath, Maine, in July 1890.

    U.S. Naval Historical Center Photograph.

    Online Image: 109KB; 610 x 765 pixels

     
    Photo #: NH 51019

    USS Kearsarge (1862-1894)


    Photographed circa the 1890s, with her sails partially furled.
    Note large star decoration on her stern, just above her name.

    Photograph from the A.S. Murray Collection, at the Peale Museum, Baltimore, Maryland, 1963.

    U.S. Naval Historical Center Photograph.

    Online Image: 73KB; 600 x 765 pixels

     
    Photo #: KN-10867 (Color)

    USS Kearsarge (1862-1894)

    Oil on canvas, 22" x 36", by an unidentified artist. The painting depicts Kearsarge as she was during the 1890s.

    Painting in the U.S. Naval Academy Museum Collection. Gift of George R. Thompson, 1924.

    Official U.S. Navy Photograph.

    Online Image: 80KB; 740 x 490 pixels

    Reproductions of this image may also be available through the National Archives photographic reproduction system as Photo # 428-KN-10867

     
    Photo #: NH 60638

    USS Kearsarge (1862-1894)


    Lithograph, entitled "The Brave Old 'Kearsarge'", depicting the ship as she appeared in 1889-94.

    U.S. Naval Historical Center Photograph.

    Online Image: 129KB; 740 x 460 pixels

     
    Photo #: NH 86317-KN (Color)

    USS Kearsarge (1862-1894)

    Painting by Yonono, 1950.

    This painting was received from USS Kearsarge (CVS-33) in 1970.

    U.S. Naval Historical Center Photograph.

    Online Image: 90KB; 740 x 595 pixels

     

    For links to additional pictures of Kearsarge and her activities, see:

  • USS Kearsarge (1862-1894) -- Selected Views.


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


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    20 July 2000