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Hull of Mystic-built ironclad Navy steamship Galena.
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Title
Hull
of
Mystic-built
ironclad
Navy
steamship
Galena
.
Creator
Taylor & Huntington.
Place
West Mystic (Conn.)
Mystic (Conn.)
United States -- History -- Civil War, 1861-1865
2 State Street (Hartford, Conn.)
Topic
Steamboats
Ships
Armored vessels
Warships
Naval gunnery
Topic-Organization, Vessel
Galena (Steamship)
Maxson, Fish & Co
United States. Navy
Theme
Infrastructure
Lifestyle
Description
View
of the
hull
of the
ironclad
auxiliary
screw
steamer
. Her
guns
are
visible
, and
men
can
be
seen
on
board
.
Printed
on
card
at
left
: "
1861
The
War
For the
Union
.
1865
" and at
right
"
1861
Photograpic
War
History
1865
" and
lower
right
"
488
.
Iron-clad
Gunboat
"
Galena
"
Showing
the
effect/
of
Rebel
shot./...
"
Notes
Title
supplied
by
cataloger
.
Printed
description
on
back
: "
TAYLOR
&
HUNTINGTON,/
Sole
Owners
of the
Original
War
Views./
No
.
2
State
St
.,
HARTFORD
,
CONN.
"
Caption
reads
"This
is
a
view
of the
United
States
Gunboat
"
Galena
"
after
her
fight
with
Fort
Darling
, on
Drewey's
Bluff
,
James
River
, in
July
,
1862
. The "
Galena
"
is
an
iron-clad
, but the
shot
and
shell
from the
Rebel
guns
have
pierced
her
armor
in
various
places.
"
Galena
was
designed
by
Samuel
Hartt
Pook
and
built
by
Maxson
,
Fish
&
Co
. of
Mystic
. The
first
seagoing
ironclad
in the
Navy
,
Galena
saw
Civil
War
action
several
times
. Her
iron
plating
having
been
removed
as
ineffective
, she
served
as a
wooden
gunboat
the
Battle
of
Mobile
Bay
in
1864
.
Later
rebuilt
, she
remained
in
Navy
service
until
1892
.
Maxson
,
Fish
&
Co
. was
established
in
1853
by
William
Ellery
Maxson
and
Nathan
G
.
Fish
of
Mystic
,
together
with
other
partners
. The
yard
was
located
in
West
Mystic
. The
business
went
bankrupt
in
1870
,
soon
after
Fish's
death
.
Mounted
on
orange
card
,
gray
on
back
.
Date created
1862
.
Physical format
1
photograph
:
stereograph
;
4
x
7
in.
Digital format
image/jpeg
Identifier
Accession
number
:
1991.2
File
name
:
IMG0052-4773.PCD
Source
Mystic
Seaport
Rights
Copyright
restrictions
applying
to
use
or
reproduction
of this
image
are
available
from
Mystic
Seaport
.
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