Keywords: Sinking of the 'Otsego' and blowing up of the 'Bazeley.jpg en 'Wyalusing' at Rainbow Bluff N C Sinking of the 'Otsego' and blowing up of the 'Bazeley ' Phototype by F Gutekunst Philadelphia Pennsylvania circa the later 19th Century This print depicts the U S Navy tug Bazely striking a mine while going to the assistance of USS Otsego near Jamestown North Carolina on the Roanoke River 9 December 1864 Otsego which had just been sunk by other mines is in the left center background USS Wyalusing is in the foreground providing covering fire as boats drag for mines nearby http //www history navy mil/photos/sh-usn/usnsh-o/otsego2 htm Creator Frederick Gutekunst U S Naval Historical Center Photograph Photo NH 51794 later 19th Century PD-old-auto-1923 1917 cc-zero Steamships of the United States Frederick Gutekunst |