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NH 52025 USS Kearsarge (1862-1894)

Photo #: NH 52025 USS Kearsarge (1862-1894)
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Title: USS Kearsarge (1862-1894)
Description: The ship's after XI-inch Dahlgren pivot gun, trained out to port, circa the 1870s. This gun has an iron pivot mounting, of a type adopted after the Civil War. Mounted on the right side of the gun carriage, just behind the gun trunnion, is a plaque bearing the name Winslow, after Kearsarge's commanding officer in 1864, Captain John A. Winslow. The port side ladder to the quarter deck is at the left. Courtesy of George H. Stegman. U.S. Naval History and Heritage Command Photograph.
Catalog #: NH 52025
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