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NH 58702 USS Montauk (1862-1904)

Photo #: NH 58702 USS Montauk (1862-1904)
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Title: USS Montauk (1862-1904)
Description: Line engraving published in The Soldier in Our Civil War, Volume II, pages 186-87. It depicts scenes on board the monitor, probably at about the time she was completed in December 1862. The views include: interior of the armored pilothouse,with vignettes showing the inside and outside appearance of the pilothouse viewing ports; turret port for the ship's XV-inch Dahlgren gun; entrance to the shell room; a crewman reading a newspaper near the windlass; signal flags hoisted above the pilothouse; and the flagstaff at the ship's stern. U.S. Naval History and Heritage Command Photograph.
Catalog #: NH 58702
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