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![[S.S. B.F. Jones on the ways] - Public domain image of a steam ship or boat](https://cache.getarchive.net/Prod/thumb/cdn4/L3Bob3RvLzE5MDYvMDEvMDEvc3MtYmYtam9uZXMtb24tdGhlLXdheXMtMTAyNC5qcGc%3D/320/256/jpg "[S.S. B.F. Jones on the ways] - Public domain image of a steam ship or boat")
![Russian war ship Retvizan [sic], day before launching, Cramp's ship yards, Philadelphia](https://cache.getarchive.net/Prod/thumb/cdn4/L3Bob3RvLzE4OTAvMDEvMDEvcnVzc2lhbi13YXItc2hpcC1yZXR2aXphbi1zaWMtZGF5LWJlZm9yZS1sYXVuY2hpbmctY3JhbXBzLXNoaXAteWFyZHMtcGhpbGFkZWxwaGlhLTY0MC5qcGc%3D/40/31/webp "Russian war ship Retvizan [sic], day before launching, Cramp's ship yards, Philadelphia")
![[U.S.A. torpedo boat destroyer flotilla], Panoramic Photograph](https://cache.getarchive.net/Prod/thumb/cdn18/L3Bob3RvLzIwMTkvMTEvMDYvdXNhLXRvcnBlZG8tYm9hdC1kZXN0cm95ZXItZmxvdGlsbGEtZDEzMTYxLTY0MC5qcGc%3D/40/12/webp "[U.S.A. torpedo boat destroyer flotilla], Panoramic Photograph")
![[Point of Rocks, Virginia, vicinity. Crew of U.S. Army gunboat General Foster ashore with howitzers]](https://cache.getarchive.net/Prod/thumb/cdn4/L3Bob3RvLzE4NjAvMDEvMDEvcG9pbnQtb2Ytcm9ja3MtdmEtdmljaW5pdHktY3Jldy1vZi11cy1hcm15LWd1bmJvYXQtZ2VuZXJhbC1mb3N0ZXItYXNob3JlLXdpdGgtNjQwLmpwZw%3D%3D/40/40/webp "[Point of Rocks, Virginia, vicinity. Crew of U.S. Army gunboat General Foster ashore with howitzers]")
![[Portrait of Rear Adm. John A. Dahlgren, officer of the Federal Navy]](https://cache.getarchive.net/Prod/thumb/cdn4/L3Bob3RvLzE4NjAvMDEvMDEvcG9ydHJhaXQtb2YtcmVhci1hZG0tam9obi1hLWRhaGxncmVuLW9mZmljZXItb2YtdGhlLWZlZGVyYWwtbmF2eS0xLTY0MC5qcGc%3D/40/60/webp "[Portrait of Rear Adm. John A. Dahlgren, officer of the Federal Navy]")
![[Submarine ("Submarine Vessel, Submarine Bombs and Mode of Attack") for the United States government. Vessel sighting mechanism details]](https://cache.getarchive.net/Prod/thumb/cdn18/L3Bob3RvLzIwMTkvMTIvMDEvc3VibWFyaW5lLXN1Ym1hcmluZS12ZXNzZWwtc3VibWFyaW5lLWJvbWJzLWFuZC1tb2RlLW9mLWF0dGFjay1mb3ItdGhlLXVuaXRlZC0zMzRlODgtNjQwLmpwZw%3D%3D/40/32/webp "[Submarine (\"Submarine Vessel, Submarine Bombs and Mode of Attack\") for the United States government. Vessel sighting mechanism details]")
