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Online Library of Selected Images -- Picture Data

Photo #: NH 61670 USS Kearsarge (1862-1894) View on deck, looking aft along the starboard side in June 1864. Acting Master James R. Wheeler (left) and Assistant Engineer Sidney L. Smith are standing beside the ship's forward XI-inch pivot gun, which is trained out to starboard, as it was during the action with CSS Alabama on 19 June. Note ammunition for the gun on deck at left, including canister (or a powder charge), shell and grape. U.S. Naval Historical Center Photograph. Online Image: 144KB; 740 x 610 pixels

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17 July 2000