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Photo #: NH 75621
USS Essex (1861-1865)
Wash drawing by R.G. Skerrett, 1904, depicting the ship with
Farragut's fleet on the lower Mississippi River, in 1862-63.
Ship in the left background is USS Mississippi (1841-1863).
A "90-day" gunboat is in the right distance.
Courtesy of the Navy Art Collection, Washington, D.C.
U.S. Naval Historical Center Photograph.
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