Keywords: blackandwhite monochrome outdoor black and white NH 1793: Mississippi Squadron Gunboats. Off the Naval Station at Mound City, Illinois, circa 1863. Ships present include USS Key West (1863-64) at left, with her number ("32") painted on her pilothouse; at least ten other "Tinclad" gunboats; one "City" class ironclad (just astern of Key West; and one "Timberclad" gunboat (seen beyond the ironclad's stern). U.S. Naval History and Heritage Command. (2016/05/30). NH 1793: Mississippi Squadron Gunboats. Off the Naval Station at Mound City, Illinois, circa 1863. Ships present include USS Key West (1863-64) at left, with her number ("32") painted on her pilothouse; at least ten other "Tinclad" gunboats; one "City" class ironclad (just astern of Key West; and one "Timberclad" gunboat (seen beyond the ironclad's stern). U.S. Naval History and Heritage Command. (2016/05/30). |