MAKE A MEME View Large Image Federal Ironclad GALENA 1862 lowres.png USS Galena- 1862 early ironclad experimental ship whose light armor was judged insufficient Photograph looking forward along the ship's port side shortly after her 15 May 1862 action with Confederate ...
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Keywords: Federal Ironclad GALENA 1862 lowres.png USS Galena- 1862 early ironclad experimental ship whose light armor was judged insufficient Photograph looking forward along the ship's port side shortly after her 15 May 1862 action with Confederate batteries at Drewry's Bluff on the James River Virginia Among the items visible are the muzzles of two of Galena's IX-inch Dahlgren smoothbore guns; her unique horizontally-laid interlocking iron side armor; armored gunport shutters; boat davits; members of her crew Visible is a plugged hole from enemy shot near the waterline in bottom left center and a cannon ball embedded further to the right also at waterline Other versions See High res version without sharpening or inset box at Image Federal Ironclad GALENA 1862 png Dust removal reconstruction of a portion of the ladder negative had flaked cropped sharpenned all made inset box for battle damage magnification Makthorpe http //hdl loc gov/loc pnp/cwpbh 00826 LOC ID LC-B811- 488 Source http //hdl loc gov/loc pnp/cwpbh 00826 Marc record cwp2003001323 PD-old USS Galena ship 1862
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