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NH 115206 Figurehead, USS NEW YORK

Figurehead, USS NEW YORK
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Title: Figurehead, USS NEW YORK
Caption: Bow ornament of USS NEW YORK, at the Philadelphia Navy Yard, 11 February 1919. From correspondence of 8 July 1925: "The Commandant has recently discovered the figurehead of the U.S.S. NEW YORK…It was probably taken from the fourth NEW YORK, which was a steam sloop of 490 tons, with twenty-one guns. The ship was originally known as the ONTARIO, but in 1869 the name was changed to NEW YORK..."
Description: Presented by information section, 1927.
Catalog #: NH 115206
Copyright Owner: Naval History and Heritage Command
Original Creator: Photograph by Replogle.
Original Date: Tue, Feb 11, 1919
After this Year: 1910
Before this Year: 1919
Original Medium: BW Photo
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