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NH 79913 "The Monitor's Tragic End"

Photo #: NH 79913 "The Monitor's Tragic End"
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Title: "The Monitor's Tragic End"
Description: Photo #: NH 79913 The Monitor's Tragic End Artwork published in Deeds of Valor, Volume II, page 39, by the Perrien-Keydel Company, Detroit, 1907. It depicts USS Monitor sinking off Cape Hatteras during the night of 30-31 December 1862, as a boat approaches to rescue some of her crewmen. USS Rhode Island is in the left distance, firing a rocket. U.S. Naval History and Heritage Command Photograph.
Catalog #: NH 79913
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