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Online Library of Selected Images -- Picture Data

Photo #: NH 93336 Navy Steam Launch Lying to off the eastern end of the Washington Navy Yard waterfront, District of Columbia, circa 1899. She is flying a 13-star "boat" flag. Among the buildings in the background are the Commandant's Office (Building # 1) near the left side of the view, the Experimental Model Basin (Building # 70) in the center, and the eastern shiphouse just beyond and toward the right. Note the large crane and coal pile near the waterfront, at left. The original glass plate negative is # 19-N-24-3-7 in the collections of the National Archives. U.S. Naval Historical Center Photograph. Online Image: 76KB; 740 x 605 pixels

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9 January 2002