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Photo # NH 45980:  Officers of USS Monocacy, probably in early 1897

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    Photo #: NH 45980

    USS Monocacy
    (1866-1903)

    Ship's officers pose on deck, probably in early 1897.
    Those present (as identified by the donor) are,
    Seated, left to right:
    Paymaster Thomas J. Cowie;
    Lieutenant John M. Robinson;
    Engineer William A. Mintzer (?: **);
    Standing, left to right:
    Passed Assistant Engineer Edward H. Scribner;
    Lieutenant Corwin P. Rees;
    Commander Oscar W. Farenholt;
    Lieutenant Commander William A. Morgan (?: **);
    Paymaster Arthur Burtis (?: **);
    Lieutenant James M. Miller (?: **); and
    Passed Assistant Surgeon Norman Blackwood.

    Collection of Rear Admiral Ammen Farenholt, USN(MC), 1931.

    U.S. Naval Historical Center Photograph.

    Online Image: 92KB; 740 x 600 pixels

    Note:
    Officers marked (?: **) do not appear to have served in Monocacy with Commander Farenholt. Some of them had left the service by the time this photograph was taken.

     
    Photo #: NH 45981

    USS Monocacy
    (1866-1903)

    Ship's officers on deck, in early 1897. The photograph was taken by See Tay, Tientsin, China.
    The tall man in right center is Commander Oscar W. Farenholt, Monocacy's Commanding Officer.

    Collection of Rear Admiral Ammen Farenholt, USN(MC), 1931.

    U.S. Naval Historical Center Photograph.

    Online Image: 91KB; 740 x 555 pixels

     
    Photo #: NH 43810

    Lieutenant Richard G. Davenport, USN


    Sheet from Davenport's annotated diary, covering the period 2 March - 11 December 1878, when he served in USS Monocacy as the Asiatic Station's Flag Aid and Fleet Signal Officer. It also features a photograph of Monocacy and rosters of officers of the Asiatic Station Staff (in left and right columns) and of the ship (in left column).

    Courtesy of the Naval Historical Foundation, Davenport Collection.

    U.S. Naval Historical Center Photograph.

    Online Image: 180KB; 660 x 675 pixels

     

    For more views of this ship, see:

  • USS Monocacy (1866-1903).

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