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File Details: 2ASCm, 600 DPI, TIFF, Copy Photograph, 20.3 Mb

Image ID: 2ASC

Credit:

unknown photographer

Date:

1866.06-10

Locations & Lines:

New York NY; New York; New York Navy Yard (Brooklyn NY)

Military Units:

US Navy

Transports:

steam frigate; USS Susquehanna

Sources:

Naval History and Heritage Command

Naval History and Heritage Command says: New York Navy Yard, Brooklyn, New York. View along the waterfront, probably in the Summer-Fall of 1866. Ships present are (left to right): USS Wampanoag (1867-1885), fitting out; A screw gunboat of the Kansas or Cayuga class; USS Madawaska (1867-1886), preparing for trials; USS Susquehanna (1850-1883); USS Idaho (1866-1874), laid up after her unsuccessful trials (across the channel from Wampanoag); Two Double-Ender side-wheel gunboats; and USS Vermont (1862-1902), in the extreme right background.

Etched onto negative: 32.

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