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Battle of Lake Erie - A painting of a group of people in a boat

Photograph of William H. Powell's painting in the U.S. Capitol shows Admiral Oliver Hazard Perry in a rowboat while being transferred from the U.S. Brig Lawrence to the U.S. Brig Niagara. Title from original 1... More

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

The naval monument, containing official and other accounts of all the ...

Also available in digital form. Public domain photograph of British navy ship, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

[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

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

Destruction of the U.S. battleship Maine in Havana Harbor Feby 15th, 1...

Destruction of the U.S. battleship Maine in Havana Harbor, with inserts of location of the "Maine-Havana Habor," recovering the dead bodies, and head-and-shoulders portraits of Admiral Sicard and Captain Sigsbe... More

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

U.S.S. Kineo and Hartford (on right), March 1863

Stereograph showing gunboats at dock at Baton Rouge, Louisiana. Handwritten on verso: The cooling yard at Baton Rouge (Messrs. Hill & Markham), Miller, vol. 1, p. 233. Forms part of: Civil War Photograph Colle... More

U.S.S. Constitution towing the H.B.M. ship Cyane captured February 28t...

Print represents the American capture of a British ship during the War of 1812. Captain Charles Stewart engaged the Constitution against the British Cyane, under the command of Captain Gordon Falcon, off the Ma... More

U.S. steamer "Massasoit," in James River, 1864

Stereograph showing Union sailors on a pier in the foreground and the U.S. gunboat Massasoit nearby on the James River in Virginia. No. 2547. Part of series: The War for the Union. Photographic War History, 186... More

[Fifteen officers on deck of a Union monitor warship]

Title devised by library staff. Formerly identified as "the original Monitor" in Miller, Vol. 6, p. 165. Corrected information provided by researcher, 12/28/2009. Gift; Col. Godwin Ordway; 1948.

Battle of Port Hudson / J.O. Davidson ; Facsimile print by L. Prang & ...

Public domain photograph - historical image of Louisiana, United States, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Perry's victory / T. Birch. - A drawing of a ship in a harbor

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

The landing, of the naval expedition, against Tabasco [Mexico]. Com......

Naval Portfolio. Naval Scenes in the Mexican War by H. Walke Lieut US Navy, No. 6. Copyright by Sarony & Major.

Macdonough's victory on Lake Champlain and defeat of the British Army ...

Print shows the naval battle that ensued on Sept. 11, 1814, between American forces commanded by Thomas Macdonough and British forces commanded by Captain George Downie. The Americans emerged victorious and the... More

Naval heroes of the United States: no. 2 / lith. & pub. by N. Currier.

Print shows portraits of War of 1812 American naval officers Thomas MacDonough, Isaac Hull, Jacob Jones, Joshua Barney, Charles Stewart, and William Henry Allen surrounding a vignette of the battle of Lake Cham... More

Picryl description: Public domain image, drawing, American, 19th centu...

Picryl description: Public domain image, drawing, American, free to use, no copyright restrictions

Views on the Appomattox at Port Walthall

Title inscribed upper left. Inscribed upper right: I enclose a dup from one of the papers giving a description of the scene. Inscribed below title: The nearest point to Petersburg, approached by the Gun Boats t... More

Pontoon bridge over the James River above Ft. Powhatan

Signed lower right: A.R. Waud. Title inscribed lower left. Inscribed below title: put in more boats ad libitum; evening effect misty; Inscribed upper left Atlanta 3 ports on a side. Sunset; rebel ram Atlanta. G... More

Blocking - shutting the mouth of Port Arthur

Print shows two Japanese sailors driving battleships like spikes through the lips of the mouth of the harbor at Lüshun (Port Arthur), China. Signed on block by artist in lower right, includes chop. Descriptive... More

Enterprise and Boxer. Book illustration from Library of Congress

Print shows the American warship Enterprise engaged in battle with HMS Boxer. In decorative border with anchors, American flags, ship rigging, an eagle, and cameo portraits of two ships.

This representation of the battle on Lake Erie is respectfully inscrib...

Print shows many ships from the stern engaged in battle on Lake Erie. Entered according to Act of Congress the 26 July 1815 by Murray, Draper, Fairman & Co., and J. Webster of the State of Pennsylvania.

Captured steamer used as a picket boat St. Johns River

Broadside view. Title inscribed below image. Inscribed upper right: 74. Gift, J.P. Morgan, 1919 (DLC/PP-1919:R1.2.341) Forms part of: Morgan collection of Civil War drawings.

Revenue cutter - Public domain drawing

Two ships with partial sketch of a third. Title inscribed below image. Revenue Cutter Service was forerunner of Coast Guard. Gift, J.P. Morgan, 1919 (DLC/PP-1919:R1.2.46). Forms part of: Morgan collection of Ci... More

The war on the Mississippi River - night expedition to island no. 10 ....

Print shows Union troops spiking Confederate guns on Island No. 10 at night during a violent storm. Caption continues: Spiking a Rebel battery by a detachment of National soldiers and sailors, under Colonel Ro... More

Landing of General Banks's expedition on Brazos Santiago, Texas, on No...

Illustration shows ships at sea. Public domain photograph of a military, American Civil War, 19th century, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

The Sumter running the blockade of St. Pierre, Martinique, by the enem...

Illus. from: Memoirs of service afloat during the war between the states / Raphael Semmes. Baltimore: Kelly, Piet & Co., 1869.

Battle of Lake Erie / painted by W.H. Powell.

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]. Ente... More

In the late afternoon shadows steal over the surfaces of ancient colum...

Photographs show ruins of the Acropolis and Frank Carpenter putting his arms around a column, Athens, Greece.

Wreck of the "Maine." First day of the divers

Divers on wreckage of the Maine. 22250 U.S. Copyright Office. No. 1451.

Another party heard from / J.S. Pughe.

Print shows Neptune sitting among the sunken wrecks of the Spanish fleet during the Spanish-American War. Caption: Neptune Great whales! If those Yankees keep this up much longer I'll have to move! Illus. fro... More

The story of the Spanish Armada introduction by Captain Mahan

Poster shows an illustration of the destruction of the Spanish Armada; ships on fire and black smoke filling the air. Signed: V. Forms part of the Artist poster filing series (Library of Congress) Copyright 18... More

The destruction of Russ[i]an torpede [sic] destroyers by Japanese torp...

Print shows sailors from the Japanese torpedo boat, Sazanami, boarding a Russian torpedo boat during a heated sea battle off Port Arthur during the Russo-Japanese war. From series: Illustrated Russo-Japanese War. No. 5.

[Russian sailors making cannon balls for their battleship's guns]

Signed on block by artist on left with chop. Includes extensive Japanese text. Descriptive information compiled by Nichibunken-sponsored Edo print specialists in 2005-06. From the series: Nihon banzai hyakusen... More

Japanese sailor with rifle holding three Chinese battleships at bay

Signed on block by artist in lower right, includes chop. Descriptive information compiled by Nichibunken-sponsored Edo print specialists in 2005-06. From the series: Nihon banzai hyakusen hyakushō : Long live ... More

[Russian businessman talking to two workmen attempting to repair a dam...

Picryl description: Public domain photo of Japanese painting, free to use art, no copyright restrictions image.

[Destroying Russian ships and town -- terrific rain of great Japanese ...

H63715 U.S. Copyright Office. Copyright by Underwood & Underwood, July 24, 1905. Title from published stereograph, no. 7802.

BENSON, WILLIAM SHEPHERD. REAR ADMIRAL, U.S.N. CHIEF OF NAVAL OPERATIO...

A man and a woman walking down a sidewalk. Public domain portrait photograph, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

New Navy Navigation Chief takes oath. Washington, D.C., June 11. Rear ...

Public domain photograph of Washington DC, 1910s-1920s America, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Secrecy surrounds meeting of Senate Foreign Relations Committee. Washi...

Two men standing next to each other in front of a door. 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, Library of Congress Harris and Ewing collection Date (year) based on date of negatives in same range. Gift; Harris & Ewing, Inc. 1955. General information about the Harr... More

PRESIDENT BESTOWS DISTINGUISHED SERVICE MEDAL ON U.S. CHIEF OF NAVAL O...

A black and white photo of a man adjusting another man's tie. Public domain portrait photograph, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Combat memorable entre le Pearson et Paul Jones / Richard Paton pinxit...

John Paul Jones, commodore au service des Etats-Unis de l'Amérique

Print shows John Paul Jones, half-length portrait, facing slightly left, standing on board ship during battle, several pistols at his waist, right hand holds sword extended to the right, in medallion on pedesta... More

The Capture of HBM. frigate Java by the U.S. frigate Constitution afte...

Caption: American loss - 9 killed, 25 wounded; British loss- 60 killed, 170 wounded.

Battle of Plattsburg. Book illustration from Library of Congress

Print shows the Battle of Lake Champlain and Battle of Plattsburgh, 1814, Sept. 11.

Battle of Lake Erie - A painting of a group of people in a boat

Oliver Hazard Perry standing on front of small boat after abandoning his flagship, the Lawrence. K33650 U.S. Copyright Office.

[In Port Arthur during the bombardment -- raging fire near Golden Hill...

H63705 U.S. Copyright Office. Copyright by Underwood & Underwood, July 24, 1905. Title from published stereograph, no. 7759.

The Battle of Manila, portrait print

35394 U.S. Copyright Office. This record contains unverified data from PGA shelflist card. Associated name on shelflist card: Muller & Luchsinger. 2 copies

Fleet at Fortress Monroe - Public domain drawing

Broadside views of nine ships. Title inscribed within image. Inscribed lower left: white. Gift, J.P. Morgan, 1919 (DLC/PP-1919:R1.2.1096) Forms part of: Morgan collection of Civil War drawings.

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.

Destruction of the U.S. battleship Maine in Havana Harbor Feby 15th, 1...

Crew of the original "Monitor" on her deck

Stereograph showing Union sailors relaxing and playing games on the deck of the U.S.S. Monitor on the James River in Virginia. No. 490. Part of series: Photographic War History, 1861-1865. Attributed to James ... More

[Russian doctor and nurse attending to a man with a Russian battleship...

Descriptive information compiled by Nichibunken-sponsored Edo print specialists in 2005-06. From the series: Rokoku seibatsu senshō shōwa : Defeat of Russia: tales of laughter. Attributed to: Baidō Bōsai. Baid... More

The Japanese torpedo boat delivers a knock-out blow to Russian man-of-...

Print shows two figures wearing boxing gloves, one with a Japanese torpedo boat as its head punches the other figure with a Russian man-of-war as its head, destroying the ship. Signed on block by artist in low... More

The Japanese torpedo boat delivers a knock-out blow to Russian man-of-...

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

View from parapet, showing Federal Iron Class, taken by a Confederate ...

Photograph shows Federal Ironclads Weehawken, Montauk, and Passaic in combat, firing on Fort Sumter. No. 4383. This is the first known Civil War combat photo taken with the photographer actually under fire. (S... More

[Fifteen officers on deck of a Union monitor warship]

Title devised by library staff. Formerly identified as "the original Monitor" in Miller, Vol. 6, p. 165. Corrected information provided by researcher, 12/28/2009. Gift; Col. Godwin Ordway; 1948.

The great naval battle off Cavite (Manila Bay), fought May 1st, 1898, ...

Copyright by Kurz & Allison. Public domain scan of American 19th-century print, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

The naval expedition under Com..re Perry, assending [sic] the Tabasco ...

The original "Monitor" after her fight with the "Merrimac"

Stereograph showing Union soldiers on deck by the turret of the U.S.S. Monitor seen from the stern. No. 486. Part of series: The War for the Union. Photographic War History, 1861-1865. Attributed to James F. G... More

Philadelphia. Ice Boat. Navy Yard. Washington DC May 23/61

Drawing shows the U.S.S. Ice Boat docked at the Washington Navy Yard, May 23, 1861. Title inscribed upper left. Inscribed lower left: [Linsina?] Gift, J.P. Morgan, 1919 (DLC/PP-1919:R1.2.154) Forms part of: Mor... More

No enemy sub will dare lift its eye if you lend your Zeiss or Bausch &...

Poster showing a periscope emerging from the sea, with a ship in flames and sinking in the distance.

No enemy sub will dare lift its eye if you lend your Zeiss or Bausch &...

Poster showing a periscope emerging from the sea, with a ship in flames and sinking in the distance.

Smoke-stack of the Rebel Ram "Virginia"

Stereograph showing a damaged smokestack from the Confederate ram "Virginia No. 2" full of holes from Union gunshots, and further damaged by the Confederates before their evacuation of the city.

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

The bombardment of Port Hudson / painted by E. Packbauer.

Naval battle during the Civil War, Port Hudson, Louisiana. F7073 U.S. Copyright Office.

Explosion of the Maine - Public domain print

Print shows the U.S.S. Maine blowing up in the harbor at Havana, Cuba; a small portrait of Captain C. D. Sigsbee decorates the lower left margin. 37918 U.S. Copyright Office.

British valour and Yankee boasting or, Shannon versus Chesapeake / G. ...

Cartoon shows a British boarding party routing the crew of the Chesapeake; in a matter of minutes the crew was subdued and the British flag hoisted. The Americans are portrayed as hapless and cowardly. Pub[lish... More

Atlanta or Fingal captured 1863 in Savannah

Broadside view of ironclad. Possibly by William Waud. Title inscribed below image. Gift, J.P. Morgan, 1919 (DLC/PP-1919:R1.2.541) Reference print available in the Civil War Drawings file P. Forms part of: Mor... More

[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

The first battle between "iron" ships of war

Print shows the Monitor and the Merrimack firing at each other during battle, with other battleships in the background, one sinking on the left. Entered according to act of Congress in the year 1862 by Henry B... More

The sea fight between Keppel and d'Orvilliers

Print shows a depiction of the naval engagement between the British fleet under Admiral Keppel and the French fleet under Count d'Orvilliers; framed with elaborate border. Engraved for Cowley's history of engl... More

Capture of H.B.M. Frigate Macedonian, Capt. J.S. Carden by the U.S. fr...

Print shows British frigate Macedonian, her masts and sails destroyed, being fired upon by the U.S. frigate United States during the War of 1812. 59P U.S. Copyright Office. Inscription: To Commadore Decatur, h... More

Battle between the Constitution and the Guerriere / painted by Alonzo ...

Print shows the Constitution and the wreckage of the HMS Guerriere, at sea in the aftermath of the battle between the two ships.

U.S. Sloop "Pensacola" - A black and white photo of a ship in the wate...

Photograph showing Civil War vessel in harbor, near dock. Public domain scan of 19th-century salted paper print artistic photograph, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Point of Rocks, Appomattox River (Andrew J. Russel)

Photograph showing the high rock cliff known as Point of Rocks projecting out into the channel of the Appomattox River.

[Ship deck with sailors and cannons]

Photograph possibly by George H. Houghton, photographer of other photographs in this album and fellow resident of Mead's in Brattleboro, Vermont. Houghton worked as a photographer at Camp Griffin and in the Tid... More

[Page from Harper's Weekly, June 29, 1861, including four prints and t...

Illus. in: Harper's weekly, v.5, no. 235 (1861 June 29), p. 413.

[Civil War envelope showing flotilla of gunboats engaged in battle on ...

Addressed to Miss Josie Paige, Nelson, N.H.; bears 3 cent stamp. Initialed A.L.M. Gift; Tom Liljenquist; 2010; (DLC/PP-2010:105). Forms part of: Liljenquist Family Collection of Civil War Photographs (Library ... More

The Meritanza i.e. Maratanza, as she appeared immediately after the ca...

Photograph shows Union gunboat Maritanza after capture of the Confederate ship Teaser on the James River, Richmond, Virginia. Brady's Album Gallery, no. 484. Gift; Tom Liljenquist; 2016; (DLC/PP-2016:144) Purc... More

Looking up Appomattox River, from Point of Rocks, December 1864

Photograph showing the channel of the Appomattox River from Point of Rocks.

The United States monitor "Neosho" engaging three Rebel batteries on t...

Published in: Harper's weekly, 1864. Public domain photograph of a navy ship, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Porter's fleet passing the dam at Alexandria

Print shows a dam constructed by Union troops to raise the water level to a depth that would enable Union ironclads to continue on the Red River at Alexandria, Louisiana. Illus. in: Harper's pictorial history ... More

Forward deck of the wrecked battleship, Maine, Havana Harbor, Cuba

28942 U.S. Copyright Office. No. 9113. Copyright by B.L. Singley. Public domain photograph - ship, port, harbor, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

The modern sphinx has spoken / Dalrymple.

Print shows an American Sailor standing on the deck of a battleship, holding the American flag; in the water around the battleship are the ruins of the Spanish fleet. Illus. from Puck, v. 43, no. 1108, (1898 J... More

Spanish protected cruiser "Vizcaya" - stereocsopic card

Picryl description: Public domain image of a ship, navy, harbor, maritime photograph, 19th-20th century architecture, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

Ryojunkō gai daikainsen shinzu sonosan roko kukantai no zenm

Print shows Japanese battleships bombarding Russian battleships in a surprise naval assault on the Russian fleet at Lüshun (Port Arthur); includes cameo portraits, possibly of Admiral Tōgō (left), for the Japan... More

A few small temples still retain their lines of classic beauty. With t...

Photographs show ruins of the Acropolis and Frank Carpenter with the Prime Minister of Greece, Colonel Stylianos Gonatas, Athens, Greece.

[Russian ships being repaired in dry dock, Port Arthur]

H63708 U.S. Copyright Office. Copyright by Underwood & Underwood, July 24, 1905.

Sailors firing big stationary guns, U.S. Naval Training Station, Camp ...

No. 119. Public domain photograph of United States navy, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Naval leaders ask Congress for more armament. Washington, D.C., Jan. 8...

A black and white photo of three men sitting at a table. Public domain portrait photograph, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Chief of Naval Operations before House Naval Affairs Committee. Washin...

A black and white photo of a man standing at a podium, Library of Congress Harris and Ewing collection Title from unverified caption data received with the Harris & Ewing Collection. Gift; Harris & Ewing, Inc.... More

Admirals at House get together. Washington, D.C., Jan. 25. Rear Admira...

Public domain photograph of official photograph, building on the background, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Disaster Broadcast receivers can help the enemy sink you : Don't use t...

Poster for Thirteenth Naval District, United States Navy, showing Japanese and German submarines and planes targeting a ship on the horizon. Work Projects Administration Poster Collection (Library of Congress). No. 16.

Sr. George Bridges Rodney - [...] admiral of the Blue & [... Maje]sty'...

Print shows Sir George Brydges Rodney, half-length portrait, standing, facing left, wearing ornate uniform. After 1761 painting by Sir Joshua Reynolds. Published in: The American Revolution in drawings and pri... More

Orient. The naval battle of Abukir

Print shows "L'Orient, the French flagship, catches fire and is destroyed" during the naval battle at Abu Qir Bay; French sailors are being rescued from the sea in the foreground as the L'Orient burns; also cap... More

Naval heroes of the United States: no. 3 / lith. & pub. by N. Currier.

Print shows portraits of Revolutionary War American naval officers John Paul Jones, Alexander Murray, Richard Dale, John Barry Edward Preble, and Nicholas Biddle surrounding a vignette of the battle between the... More

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