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Image: USS Whitehead (1864, cropped)

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Description: 19th Century photograph of a painting by Acting Second Engineer Alexander C. Stuart, USN, 1864. It depicts USS Commodore Hull (at left) leading the "Double-Ender" gunboats Tacony, Shamrock, Otsego and Wyalusing in engaging Confederate batteries at Plymouth, North Carolina, on 31 October 1864. Small vessels lashed to the gunboats' unengaged sides include USS Whitehead (beside Tacony), USS Bazely (beside Shamrock) and Belle (beside Otsego).
Title: USS Whitehead (1864, cropped)
Credit: http://www.history.navy.mil/photos/sh-usn/usnsh-w/whitehd.htm
Author: Surgeon H.P. Babcock
Usage Terms: Public domain
License: Public domain
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