Vue de la prise des forts et ville de Havane par les Anglois en 1762
Print shows a perspective rendering of the bombardment of Havana by British ships and the landing of English troops where the fortress wall has been breeched to capture the city. Caption continues: Vista presp... More
A perspective view of the loss of the U.S. frigate Philadelphia in whi...
Photograph shows Tripolitan gun boats firing on the U.S.S. Philadelphia and during the Tripolitan Wars, 1803. Original engraving by Charles Denoon not in LC collection, which has only a black-and-white reproduction.
Action between the Constitution and the Guerriere / Chapin ; Rogers.
Print shows HMS Guerriere without masts in the aftermath of battle with the USS Constitution.
Revenue cutter - Public domain document scan of drawing
Sketch of steamship. Title inscribed below image. Revenue Cutter Service was forerunner of Coast Guard. Gift, J.P. Morgan, 1919 (DLC/PP-1919:R1.2.47). Forms part of: Morgan collection of Civil War drawings.
Commodore Perry at the battle of Lake Erie. "Ready! All ready your hon...
Print shows Admiral Oliver Hazard Perry speaking to gunners aboard ship during the Battle of Lake Erie.
Discovery of a rebel battery & camp on Vernon River, Ga., by the U.S. ...
Photograph of drawing by William Crane, done in 1861.
Ryojunkō gai daikaisen shinzu sononi rokoku kantai no haisen
Print shows, in the foreground, a Russian battleship exploding under bombardment from Japanese battleships; a line of Japanese battleships, positioned on the right, fire on a line of Russian battleships on the ... More
Service chiefs review army day parade. Washington, D.C., April 6. Maj....
A black and white photo of two men shaking hands. Public domain portrait photograph, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description
L'armée françoise Mouillée auprès de l'Ance Molenieu dans l'isle de la...
Photograph shows French warships before the town of Saint George's on the island of Grenada and the disembarkation of French troops. Includes legend. Original wash drawings Available in the Ozanne map collecti... More
The U.S. frigate United States capturing H.B.M. frigate Macedonian: fo...
The United States was commanded by Stephen Decatur when it overtook Captain John S. Garden's Macedonian on October 28, 1812 near the Azores in the Atlantic. Decatur captured the Macedonian and brought it to Ne... More
Potomac Creek below Acquia Creek, in spring of 1862
Inscribed upper left: This will be useful if an engagement takes place here if you do not publish it now. Inscription identifying specific details: Supposed battery in the woods; portion of entrenchment; Windmi... More
The naval monument, containing official and other accounts of all the ...
Also available in digital form. Public domain photograph related to US navy, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description
Antisubmarine warfare in World War II
"Manuscript and illustrations for this volume were prepared for publication by the Summary Reports Group of the Columbia University Division of War Research under contract OEMsr-1131 with the Office of Scientif... More
![[Coaling Admiral Farragut's fleet at Baton Rouge, Louisiana]](https://cache.getarchive.net/Prod/thumb/cdn18/L3Bob3RvLzIwMTkvMTAvMDcvY29hbGluZy1hZG1pcmFsLWZhcnJhZ3V0cy1mbGVldC1hdC1iYXRvbi1yb3VnZS1sb3Vpc2lhbmEtNDYyMGFiLTEwMjQuanBn/40/24/webp "[Coaling Admiral Farragut's fleet at Baton Rouge, Louisiana]")
[Coaling Admiral Farragut's fleet at Baton Rouge, Louisiana]
Photograph shows a group of men on a dock with ships in the background. Title devised by Library staff from information in Miller, v. 1, pg. 233. Gladstone's ownership logo appears on the back. Gladstone's inve... More
![[Steam ship in storm, man overboard]](https://cache.getarchive.net/Prod/thumb/cdn18/L3Bob3RvLzIwMTkvMTIvMDEvc3RlYW0tc2hpcC1pbi1zdG9ybS1tYW4tb3ZlcmJvYXJkLTI3MzRhNS0xMDI0LmpwZw%3D%3D/40/26/webp "[Steam ship in storm, man overboard]")
[Steam ship in storm, man overboard]
Man overboard lower right. Title devised. Rough sketches of three men on verso. Formerly Waud no. C-158. Gift, J.P. Morgan, 1919 (DLC/PP-1919:R1.2.1085) Forms part of: Morgan collection of Civil War drawings.
Rebel Ram Stonewall, Confederate States of America.
Stereograph showing the Confederate warship "Stonewall." No. 5. Part of series: Views in Washington, D.C. Copyright in 1867 by F. H. Bell. Forms part of: Civil War Photograph Collection (Library of Congress).
Tako no asirai. Japanese Empire. - Ukiyo e print
Print shows a Japanese officer sitting on the head of an octopus which has captured ships disguised as fish in its tentacles. Title and other descriptive information compiled by Nichibunken-sponsored Edo print ... More
The great fight at Charleston S.C. April, 7th 1863: between 9 United S...
Currier & Ives : a catalogue raisonné / compiled by Gale Research. Detroit, MI : Gale Research, c1983, no. 2831
![Pocohontus [sic] capturing blockade runner Antonia. Mobile](https://cache.getarchive.net/Prod/thumb/cdn4/L3Bob3RvLzIwMTkvMDkvMTMvcG9jb2hvbnR1cy1zaWMtY2FwdHVyaW5nLWJsb2NrYWRlLXJ1bm5lci1hbnRvbmlhLW1vYmlsZS1iOTg1NTItMTAyNC5qcGc%3D/40/19/webp "Pocohontus [sic] capturing blockade runner Antonia. Mobile")
Pocohontus [sic] capturing blockade runner Antonia. Mobile
Rough sketch of two ships under sail. Title inscribed below image. Possibly by William Waud. Gift, J.P. Morgan, 1919 (DLC/PP-1919:R1.2.458) Reference Print available in the Civil War Drawings file P. Forms pa... More
M'Donough's victy. on Lake Champlain / lith. & pub. by N. Currier.
Print shows an American warship between two British ships during the battle on Lake Champlain (Battle of Plattsburgh). Smoke from the battle is visible in the background. Legend on image: American guns 86, Ame... More
Rear Admiral Dewey's flagship "Olympia"
Print shows Admiral Dewey standing on his flagship, the "Olympia", at the time of the Spanish American War. Printed on lower left: Guns: four 8 inch, ten 5 inch quick fire, fourteen 6-pounders & 12 light guns.... More
The action between the Serapis and Bon Homme Richard Septr. 23rd 1779 ...
Entered according to Act of Congress in the year 1879 by Fishel, Adler & Co. in the Office of the Librarian of Congress at Washington, D.C. Library has two impressions. Copyright statement printed on proof; ti... More
John Bull making a new batch of ships to send to the lakes / Charles, ...
A satire on British efforts to recover after major naval losses on the Great Lakes in 1813 and 1814. According to Lanmon, it is based on Thomas Rowlandson's 1798 satire "High Fun for John Bull or the Republica... More
![The U.S. naval expedition under Com..ore M.C. Perry, ascending the Tuspan River ; destroying the forts, and taking possesion [sic] of the port of Tuspan [...] / painted by H. Walke L.U.S.N. ; drawn on ston [sic] by J. Vollmering ; lith. of Sarony & Major.](https://cache.getarchive.net/Prod/thumb/cdn4/L3Bob3RvLzIwMTkvMDkvMTgvdGhlLXVzLW5hdmFsLWV4cGVkaXRpb24tdW5kZXItY29tb3JlLW1jLXBlcnJ5LWFzY2VuZGluZy10aGUtdHVzcGFuLXJpdmVyLWRlc3Ryb3lpbmctMTBhZTk2LTEwMjQuanBn/40/32/webp "The U.S. naval expedition under Com..ore M.C. Perry, ascending the Tuspan River ; destroying the forts, and taking possesion [sic] of the port of Tuspan [...] / painted by H. Walke L.U.S.N. ; drawn on ston [sic] by J. Vollmering ; lith. of Sarony & Major.")
The U.S. naval expedition under Com..ore M.C. Perry, ascending the Tus...
Copyright by Sarony & Major. Naval Portfolio No. 2. Naval scenes in the Mexican War by H. Walke Lt. U.S. Navy.
U.S. steam frigate Mississippi, in the Gulf of Mexico, March 1847
Conningham no. 5273. Currier & Ives : a catalogue raisonné / compiled by Gale Research. Detroit, MI : Gale Research, c1983, no. 6856
Federal Vessels Driving Back the Iron-Plated Rebel Steamer Yorktown, w...
Published engraving based upon DRWG/US - Balling, no. 1 (A size). Attributed to Balling in New York Illustrated News caption. Title printed below image. Initials T.N. engraved lower right of image indicate that... More
![The naval expedition under Com..re Perry, assending [sic] the Tabasco River at the Devils Bend--June, 15th 1847 / lith. of Sarony & Major ; designed & drawn on stone by H. Walke Lt. U.S.N.](https://cache.getarchive.net/Prod/thumb/cdn4/L3Bob3RvLzIwMTkvMDkvMjMvdGhlLW5hdmFsLWV4cGVkaXRpb24tdW5kZXItY29tcmUtcGVycnktYXNzZW5kaW5nLXNpYy10aGUtdGFiYXNjby1yaXZlci1hdC10aGUtYzE0YmMxLTEwMjQuanBn/40/32/webp "The naval expedition under Com..re Perry, assending [sic] the Tabasco River at the Devils Bend--June, 15th 1847 / lith. of Sarony & Major ; designed & drawn on stone by H. Walke Lt. U.S.N.")
The naval expedition under Com..re Perry, assending [sic] the Tabasco ...
Copyright by Sarony & Major. Naval Portfolio. Naval scenes in the Mexican War by H. Walke Lieut. U.S. Navy (No. 5).
Perry's victory on Lake Erie, Sept. 10th 1813 / drawn by J.J. Barralet...
Print showing numerous American and British battleships in close quarters on Lake Erie engaged in battle, September 10th 1813. 698 U.S. Copyright Office. Inscribed in pencil below title: With a key. Inscribed ... More
Clear-the-way!! Buy bonds--Fourth liberty loan / Howard Chandler Chris...
Woman symbolizing America above naval gun crew in action. Promotional goal: U.S. J8. 191-.
Clear-the-way!! Buy bonds--Fourth liberty loan / Howard Chandler Chris...
Woman symbolizing America above naval gun crew in action. Promotional goal: U.S. J8. 191-.
Monitor off Akin's Landing, James River (Andrew J. Russel)
Photograph showing the double turreted monitor "Onandaga" off Akin's Landing in the James River.
The battle of New Orleans / T. Sinclair's lith., Philadelphia.
Music cover showing naval battle. Public domain photograph of Navy warship, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description
American privateer "General Armstrong" Capt. Sam. C. Reid / lith. & pu...
Print shows the American privateer "General Armstrong" firing on British boats sent from HBM Carnation to capture her. Currier & Ives : a catalogue raisonné / compiled by Gale Research. Detroit, MI : Gale Rese... More
Maj Gen Smiths Expedition disembarking at the White House
Title inscribed upper left. Inscribed vertically upper right with indicators: Ruins of the White House; the scene of Washington's courtship & marriage; the tent by Pilchard. Inscribed within image: men bathing;... More
Perry's victory on Lake Erie: fought Septr. 10th 1813
Print shows the American ships Lawrence and Niagara fighting British ships during the Battle of Lake Erie.
Gun-boats at Baton Rouge, La., March 1863
Stereograph showing sailors and soldiers resting on shore with carts and supplies in Baton Rouge, Louisiana. In the distance, ships rest in the harbor. Title from handwritten on verso. Alternate title from Mil... More
Sea Shore--Folly Island, S.C. May 1863
Title inscribed lower left. Inscribed lower right: Blockading fleet off Charleston. Gift, J.P. Morgan, 1919 (DLC/PP-1919:R1.2.604) Reference print available in the Civil War Drawings file 1863. Forms part of:... More
![[James River, Virginia Deck and turret of U.S.S. Monitor]](https://cache.getarchive.net/Prod/thumb/cdn4/L3Bob3RvLzE4NjIvMDEvMDEvamFtZXMtcml2ZXItdmEtZGVjay1hbmQtdHVycmV0LW9mLXVzcy1tb25pdG9yLTEtMTAyNC5qcGc%3D/40/16/webp "[James River, Virginia Deck and turret of U.S.S. Monitor]")
[James River, Virginia Deck and turret of U.S.S. Monitor]
Photo shows the light damage caused to the turret of the ironclad USS Monitor during her fight with the Confederate ironclad CSS Virginia, March 9, 1862 at the Battle of Hampton Roads-the first battle of two ir... More
Commodore Hopkins, commander in chief of the American Fleet, British C...
Print shows Esek Hopkins, three-quarter length portrait, wearing uniform, standing, facing front, with sword drawn during naval engagement; ships in background display "Dont tread upon me" and "Liberty Tree - A... More
The taking of Miss Mud I'land, British Cartoon Print
Print shows a female figure as the Mud Island fortress, Fort Mifflin, with two flags on her bonnet, astride a cannon firing on the British warship "Isis"; also show the "Somerset", "Roebuck", "Eagle", and the "... More
St. Lucia in the West Indies taken possession of by Admiral Barrington...
Print shows six ships in line flying the French flag, however, appears to be disembarking British troops who are about to take possession of the island after the French have withdrawn. Engraved for Barnard's N... More
United States & Macedonian - Public domain drawing
Preliminary drawing for an oil painting showing the sea battle between the USS United States, under the command of Stephen Decatur, and HMS Macedonian off the coast of Maderia on October 25, 1812. The original... More
Le Combat naval, gloire Américaine / Garneray,del ; Coquerel,sc.
Print shows the U.S. Constitution and HBM Java, her masts and sails destroyed, after a battle during the War of 1812. Reference copy in LOT 4413A.
Prize brig captured at Hatteras Inlet.
Broadside view of frigate. Title inscribed below image. Gift, J.P. Morgan, 1919 (DLC/PP-1919:R1.2.93) Forms part of: Morgan collection of Civil War drawings.
Confederate iron-clad Stonewall, Confederate States of America.
No. 912. Civil War Photograph Collection (Library of Congress). Original negative: LC-B817-7912-B
The expedition to Beaufort - before the attack
Illustration shows three scenes of naval warfare off the coast of South Carolina during the Civil War. Illus. in: Harper's weekly, v. 5 (1861 Nov. 30), p. 757.
Map showing the defenses of the Mississippi below New Orleans and Farr...
Map shows the Confederate fortifications at Fort Jackson under Gen. Duncan, Fort St. Philip and the Union fleet along the Mississippi River. This map, also shows the positions of Union ships under Farragut, who... More
Capture of Fort Henry by U.S. gun boats under the command of Flag Offi...
Print shows four Union ironclads in the foreground, identified as the "St. Louis", "Carondelet", "Cincinnati", and the "Essex", bombarding Confederate Fort Henry in the background; also shows two Confederate st... More
Plan of the attack on Ft. Sumter, April 6th, 1863.
Map shows a regional view of Charleston Harbor including Confederate fortifications and Union naval vessels. This April 1863 atttack by Union ironclads was unsuccessful. Color coding indicates the location of U... More
Looking down James River, from Dutch Gap canal, December 12, 1864
Photograph showing army transports on the James River from the Dutch Gap Canal.
"In Roanoke River." (after the capture of Plymouth N.C. Oct 31 '64)
Three steamships in the river. Signed lower left image, stylized monogram: HAM. Title inscribed below image. Inscribed on verso: H.A. Macomb. Fomerly attributed to Alfred R. Waud, with the call number DRWG/US -... More
The disciple of Farragut is worthy of his master / Keppler.
Print shows George Dewey, bust portrait, facing left, wearing military uniform, framed by a laurel wreath draped with the American flag; vignette in upper right shows Admiral David G. Farragut on the rigging of... More
On the "Iowa" - Marine Guard drilling
2166 U.S. Copyright Office. On mount: Sold only by Underwood & Underwood. Copyright by Strohmeyer & Wyman. No. 1.
Middies receive commissions. Annapolis, Md. June 1. For the first time...
Public domain historical photo, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description
Navy's Chief of Bureau of Navigation. Washington, D.C., June 15. Rear ...
A black and white photo of a man sitting at a desk. Public domain portrait photograph, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description
![[A warship on its side at a quay, Port Arthur]](https://cache.getarchive.net/Prod/thumb/cdn18/L3Bob3RvLzIwMTkvMTAvMTEvYS13YXJzaGlwLW9uLWl0cy1zaWRlLWF0LWEtcXVheS1wb3J0LWFydGh1ci02NzdlOTMtMTAyNC5qcGc%3D/40/22/webp "[A warship on its side at a quay, Port Arthur]")
[A warship on its side at a quay, Port Arthur]
H63443 U.S. Copyright Office. Copyright by Underwood & Underwood, July 18, 1905.
Oeuvre du fusilier marin et du soldat Breton
A man and a woman in regional Breton dress, looking onto a harbor toward gunner boats. Translation of title: Fund for the naval gunners and the Breton soldier. Signed: C. Trubert, 1917. Promotional goal: Fr. ... More
Discuss naval expansion with president. Washington, D.C., Jan. 5. High...
A black and white photo of a group of men. Public domain portrait photograph, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description
L'armée françoise courant en echiquier et combattant les vaisseaux des...
Photograph shows the French fleet, in the foreground, in pursuit of the British fleet which is attempting to flee; Grenada is visible in the distance. Includes legend. Original wash drawings Available in the O... More
![[R.M.S. Lusitania, hit by torpedos off Kinsale Head, Ireland]](https://cache.getarchive.net/Prod/thumb/cdn4/L3Bob3RvLzIwMTkvMDkvMjgvcm1zLWx1c2l0YW5pYS1oaXQtYnktdG9ycGVkb3Mtb2ZmLWtpbnNhbGUtaGVhZC1pcmVsYW5kLTNjMjRiNi02NDAuanBn/40/25/webp "[R.M.S. Lusitania, hit by torpedos off Kinsale Head, Ireland]")
[R.M.S. Lusitania, hit by torpedos off Kinsale Head, Ireland]
Photograph of drawing, made for the New York Herald and the London Sphere, shows the R.M.S. Lusitania as a second torpedo hits behind a gaping hole in the hull. J203512 U.S. Copyright Office. On back on mount ... More
![[Japanese sailor, with his bare hands, is fighting with two Russian battleships (with arms, legs, and faces), a third battleship runs away]](https://cache.getarchive.net/Prod/thumb/cdn4/L3Bob3RvLzE5MDQvMDEvMDEvamFwYW5lc2Utc2FpbG9yLXdpdGgtaGlzLWJhcmUtaGFuZHMtaXMtZmlnaHRpbmctd2l0aC10d28tcnVzc2lhbi1iYXR0bGVzaGlwcy0xMDI0LmpwZw%3D%3D/40/58/webp "[Japanese sailor, with his bare hands, is fighting with two Russian battleships (with arms, legs, and faces), a third battleship runs away]")
[Japanese sailor, with his bare hands, is fighting with two Russian ba...
Picryl description: Public domain photo of Japanese painting, free to use art, no copyright restrictions image.
Tako no asirai. Japanese Empire. - Ukiyo e print
Print shows a Japanese officer sitting on the head of an octopus which has captured ships disguised as fish in its tentacles. Title and other descriptive information compiled by Nichibunken-sponsored Edo print ... More
![The Barnum and Bailey greatest show on earth--The world's largest, grandest, best, amusement institution--Total destruction of the Spanish Fleet, on the Cuban coast [...]](https://cache.getarchive.net/Prod/thumb/cdn4/L3Bob3RvLzIwMTkvMDkvMDQvdGhlLWJhcm51bS1hbmQtYmFpbGV5LWdyZWF0ZXN0LXNob3ctb24tZWFydGgtdGhlLXdvcmxkcy1sYXJnZXN0LWdyYW5kZXN0LWJlc3QtNDU3ZjQzLTEwMjQuanBn/40/30/webp "The Barnum and Bailey greatest show on earth--The world's largest, grandest, best, amusement institution--Total destruction of the Spanish Fleet, on the Cuban coast [...]")
The Barnum and Bailey greatest show on earth--The world's largest, gra...
Poster showing naval battle. Copyright by the Strobridge Lith. Co. No. 67.
Vue de la ville de Savannah, du camp, des tranchées et de l'attaque Oc...
Photograph shows a bird's-eye view of Savannah from the French camp.
Combat memorable entre le Pearson et Paul Jones / Richard Paton pinxit...
Vue d'optique showing naval battle during Revolutionary War between John Paul Jones of the Bonhomme Richard and Capt. Richard Pearson of the British naval vessel Serapis, Sept. 22, 1779. Title appears in revers... More
Gunboats shelling the enemy at the battle of Malvern hill sketched fro...
Signed lower right: A.R. Waud. Title inscribed below image. Inscribed upper right: General McClellan went aboard while I was sketching to change the position of the gunboats that were shelling our infantry. Gif... More
Wreck of Transport Steamers "Maple leaf" and "Genl. Hunter". St. Johns...
Title inscribed below image. Date derived from historical sources. Gift, J.P. Morgan, 1919 (DLC/PP-1919:R1.2.523) Forms part of: Morgan collection of Civil War drawings.
Intérieur de la batterie du Merrimac, pendant le combat avec le Monito...
Interior of the Merrimac showing Confederate sailors loading cannon, during combat with the Monitor. Illus. from: Le Monde Illustré. Exhibited: Capitol Visitors Center of the Library of Congress, Washington, D.C., 2011.
John Bull making a new batch of ships to send to the lakes / Charles, ...
A satire on British efforts to recover after major naval losses on the Great Lakes in 1813 and 1814. According to Lanmon, it is based on Thomas Rowlandson's 1798 satire "High Fun for John Bull or the Republica... More
Revenue cutter, 1861 - Public domain drawing
Several broadside views of ships. Signed lower right: A.R.W. Title inscribed below image. Broadside sketch of ship on verso. Formerly Waud no. C-127 Gift, J.P. Morgan, 1919 (DLC/PP-1919:R1.2.1054). Forms part o... More
Lashed to the shrouds--Farragut passing the forts at Mobile, in his fl...
Adm. David Farragut lashed to upper mast, holding spyglass; during Battle of Mobil Bay, Jan. 1864. "Prang's American Chromos."
Federal Vessels Driving Back the Iron-Plated Rebel Steamer Yorktown, w...
Published engraving based upon DRWG/US - Balling, no. 1 (A size). Attributed to Balling in New York Illustrated News caption. Title printed below image. Initials T.N. engraved lower right of image indicate that... More
![[Russian warships in harbor; in background smoke from a fire near Golden Hill started by Japanese bombardment, Port Arthur]](https://cache.getarchive.net/Prod/thumb/cdn4/L3Bob3RvLzIwMTkvMTAvMDMvcnVzc2lhbi13YXJzaGlwcy1pbi1oYXJib3ItaW4tYmFja2dyb3VuZC1zbW9rZS1mcm9tLWEtZmlyZS1uZWFyLWdvbGRlbi1oaWxsLWE3MTA5Ni0xMDI0LmpwZw%3D%3D/40/21/webp "[Russian warships in harbor; in background smoke from a fire near Golden Hill started by Japanese bombardment, Port Arthur]")
[Russian warships in harbor; in background smoke from a fire near Gold...
H6363447 U.S. Copyright Office. Copyright by Underwood & Underwood, July 18, 1905.
![[Sunken warships, Port Arthur] - stereoscopic view, public domain photorpaph](https://cache.getarchive.net/Prod/thumb/cdn18/L3Bob3RvLzIwMTkvMTEvMzAvc3Vua2VuLXdhcnNoaXBzLXBvcnQtYXJ0aHVyLTlmMmI4Ny0xMDI0LmpwZw%3D%3D/40/22/webp "[Sunken warships, Port Arthur] - stereoscopic view, public domain photorpaph")
[Sunken warships, Port Arthur] - stereoscopic view, public domain phot...
H63457 U.S. Copyright Office. Copyright by Underwood & Underwood, July 18, 1905.
Perry's victory / T. Birch. - Public domain dedication image
Marine view showing American fleet, under the command of Oliver Hazard Perry, engaged in battle with the British on Lake Erie during the War of 1812. Forms part of: Marian S. Carson collection (Library of Congr... More
Second days action at Hatteras inlet
Broadside views of ships bombarding Fort Hatteras. Signed lower right: Alf.R. Waud. Title inscribed lower left. Inscribed above image: No top gallant masts up; Susquehannah; Cumberland; [Adnatie]; Minnesota; Wa... More
The monitor Canonicus, James River, Virginia
No. 4093. Gift; Col. Godwin Ordway; 1948. The albumen silver print is a photographic printing process that was widely used in the 19th century. It involves coating paper support with a mixture of egg whites a... More
Perilous position of the U.S. Steam Sloop Seminole, while under a terr...
Broadside view of a steamship engaged in battle. Signed below title: L. Sands, US Navy. Title inscribed below image. Inscribed on verso: Sketched by Louis Sands; See Seminole sent by Crane, [T.W.F.?]. Formerly... More
American privateer "General Armstrong" Capt. Sam. C. Reid / lith. & pu...
Print shows the American privateer "General Armstrong" firing on British boats sent from HBM Carnation to capture her. Currier & Ives : a catalogue raisonné / compiled by Gale Research. Detroit, MI : Gale Rese... More
Great naval victory in Mobile Bay, Aug. 5th 1864
Print shows battle between Union monitors and sloops against Confederate ships and ram CSS Tennessee in Mobile Bay with Fort Morgan in the distance. Currier & Ives : a catalogue raisonné / compiled by Gale Rese... More
Destruction of Housatonic by a rebel torpedo. Feb. of 17 1864. Charles...
Title inscribed below image. Attributed to William Waud. Formerly attributed to Alfred R. Waud, with the call number DRWG/US - Waud no. 36 (A size). Gift, J.P. Morgan, 1919 (DLC/PP-1919:R1.2.525) Reference prin... More
Iohn Paul Iones, commander of a squadron in the service of the thirtee...
Print shows John Paul Jones, half-length portrait, facing slightly right, standing, wearing uniform, holding telescope cradled in right arm, left hand on anchor, with naval battle scene in the background.
Second view of Com. Perry's victory / M. Cornè p. ; W.B. Annin sc.
Print shows American warships under the command of Admiral Oliver Hazard Perry, firing on British warships during the Battle of Lake Erie. Printed above image: Engraved for the Naval Monument. Published in: Th... More
The Constitution and Guerriere / drawn by G. White ; engd by J.C. McRa...
Print shows the Constitution, in the background, firing on the wreckage of the HMS Guerriere in the aftermath of the battle between the two ships.
Desperate conflict of American seamen under Decatur, on boarding a Tri...
Illustration shows Stephen Decatur and his men fighting hand-to-hand fight on board a Tripolitan gunboat during the First Barbary War. Illus. in: Life and death on the ocean: a collection of extraordinary adve... More
President and Plantagenet. Book illustration from Library of Congress
Print shows the USS President sailing to the left, in the foreground, and the HMS Plantagenet, on the right, in the background. Inscribed below image: "President". Published in The Naval battles of the United ... More
Pivot guns crew, U.S. Steamer Pocahontas
Photograph shows sailors posed on the ship near the pivot gun. Title inscribed in ink on the front of the mount. Gladstone's inventory code and notes: M22. Purchase; William A. Gladstone; 1995; (DLC/PP-1995:113.269).
Battle of Lake Erie / painted by W.H. Powell ; engraved by T. Phillibr...
Print shows Admiral Oliver Hazard Perry in a rowboat while being transferred from the U.S. Brig Lawrence to the U.S. Brig Niagara. Caption: "If a victory is to be gained, I'll gain it" Oliver H. Perry. Engrav... More
Admiral Porter's fleet at the mouth of the Yazoo
Print shows the Union vessels under the command of Admiral David D. Porter at the mouth of the Yazoo River, Mississippi, December 1862. Illus. in: Harper's pictorial history of the Civil War / Alfred H. Guerns... More
Wreck of the "Maine."--Divers - stereoscopic view, public domain photo...
22249 U.S. Copyright Office. No. 1450. Sold only by Griffith & Griffith. American and Foreign Views.
The Spanish cruiser "Almirante Oquendo" as she lies wrecked on the sou...
48032 U.S. Copyright Office. Copyright by B.L. Singley. No. 9900. Public domain photograph of 19th-century stereoscopic card, landscape, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description
Appeals to Congress to enact Naval Bill Washington, D.C., Jan. 8. Secr...
A black and white photo of a man sitting at a desk. Public domain portrait photograph, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description
Graduation day at U.S. Naval Academy. Annapolis, Md. June 1. Admiral W...
Picryl description: Public domain image of a crowded sports competition or music festival event, spectators, people, audience, concert, stadium, free to use, no copyright restrictions.
Nihon kaigun ryojunkō daigekisen, Imperial Japanese Navy
Print shows sailors on a Japanese battleship firing on a Russian battleship during the surprise naval assault on the Russian fleet at Port Arthur (Lüshun). Title and other descriptive information compiled by Ni... More
Battle of Chemulpo Bay /. 1900s Japan, public domain image.
A historical re-enactment of a naval battle in Chemulpo Bay off the coast of Korea during the Russo-Japanese war. Shows a Japanese ship damaging one Russian vessel and sinking another.
Russian ships 'Pallada' (left) and 'Pobieda' (right) wrecked below Gol...
Three men sitting on shore with wrecked ships in background. H62133 U.S. Copyright Office. Copyright by Strohmeyer & Wyman. No. 7709.
Navy secretary presents medal to Rear Admiral Richard E. Byrd. Washing...
A group of men standing around a table. Public domain portrait photograph, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description
Before Naval Affairs Committee. Washington, D.C., Feb. 7. Flatly denyi...
A group of men standing around a table. Public domain portrait photograph, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description
L'armée françoise Mouillée auprès de l'ance Molenieu dans l'isle de la...
Photograph shows the French fleet in the bay before the town of Saint George's on the island of Grenada, British reconnaissance vessels, and at far left, on the horizon, the British fleet. Caption continues: P... More
Vue du fort et ville de St. George dans l'isle de la Grenade et du Mor...
Photograph shows the French fleet in the bay before the town of Saint George's on the island of Grenada and French troops making an assault on the hill in the foreground; a British battery fires on the fleet fr... More