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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

Captain Gillespie and officers of flagship Philadelphia, Charleston Ha...

Stereograph showing group of Union officers posed next to a cannon in front of the wheel house on the deck of the U.S.S. Philadelphia. Part of the series, The War For The Union Photographic History. War Views. ... More

Sina kurofune nihon shirofune -- buta no taibyō

Print shows, on top, a Japanese sailor holding a cannon barrel on the deck of a steamship and a small Chinese boat with a man in it, sinking; on bottom, three animals wearing suits, a pig dressed as an elderly ... More

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.

Kearsarce and Alabama / J.O. Davidson.

Picryl description: Public domain photograph of a ship, docks, navy, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

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

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

The Alabama (290) & the Brilliante, engraving, Library of Congress

Broadside view of steam frigate in foreground, broadside view of ship on fire in background. Signed lower right of image: G. Perkins. Title inscribed below image. Inscribed on mat : Ord. Div. No. 6035. A Lieute... More

[Debris from Russian battleship falling to the bottom of the sea where...

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

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

Picryl description: Public domain photograph of a ship, docks, navy, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

[Folly Island, S.C. (vicinity of Charleston). Beached remains of the B...

Photographs of the Federal Navy, and seaborne expeditions against the Atlantic Coast of the Confederacy -- the Federal Navy, 1861-1865.

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.

U.S. Frigate "Pensacola," off Alexandria, Virginia

Stereograph showing a group of men at the shore with the U.S. steam frigate "Pensacola" in the distance on the Potomac River at Alexandria, Virginia in June, 1861. No. 103. Part of series: The War for the Unio... 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

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.

Where prisoners were exchanged - 19th century Virginia.

Stereograph showing three canal boats docked at the wharf where Union prisoners were exchanged for Confederate prisoners at Aiken's Landing, Virginia. The Union double-turreted monitor U.S.S. Onondaga is in the... More

Our Steamers passing sunken trees in the Pomonkey[sic] River, going up...

Title inscribed above image. Inscribed below image: Currituck Capt. W.F. Shunkerd[?]; Sethlow[?] tugboat. Inscribed in blue ink upper left: O.K., [with initials?]; and in pencil: 12. [Lumley?-on mat] Fomerly at... More

Fukuro no nezumi. Warship photograph collection

Print shows a Japanese ship, as a cat, chasing two Chinese battleships, as rats, into a bag. Title and other descriptive information compiled by Nichibunken-sponsored Edo print specialists in 2005-2006. From th... More

Robert [i.e., Esek] Hopkins, Esqr., commodore of the American sea forc...

Print shows Esek Hopkins, full-length portrait, wearing military uniform, holding sword at left side, two pistols in his belt. He is standing on shore, pointing to his left, with ships in the background. Illus... More

Count De Grasse. Book illustration from Library of Congress

François Joseph Paul de Grasse, Comte de Grasse, full-length portrait, wearing uniform with hat, holding sword, standing, facing left, against studio backdrop showing ships during battle.

Recueil d'estampes representant les differents evenemens de la guerre ...

Print shows the title page with vignettes of various naval battles in which the British were engaged during the American Revolution; also shows the capture of Mobile by the Spanish under by Bernardo de Gálvez, ... More

Précis du traité de paix, signé à Versailles le 3 Septembre 1783 N. Po...

Print shows eight battle scenes from the American Revolutionary War on oval medallions with ribbons identifying and dating the battles and two additional scenes as panels on the base supporting the medals and d... More

The Battle at the southwest pass - the ram "Manassas" attacking the "R...

Sketched by an officer of the "Richmond". From: Harper's weekly, 1861 Dec. 7, p. 773.

At the White House, and breaking up the comissariat depot on the Pamun...

Steamboats on river; Union commissariat depot at White House landing burning in background. Illus. in: Frank Leslie's illustrated newspaper, 1862 July 26, p. 285.

Admiral Porter's second dummy frightening the Rebels at Vicksburg

Illustration showing a phony ironclad made of wood meant to fool the Confederate batteries on the Mississippi River at Vicksburg into wasting ammunition trying to sink the dummy vessel. Illus. in: Harper's wee... More

Bombardment of Port Hudson by Admiral Farragut's fleet Assault of the ...

Print shows (top) Union ships under the command of Admiral Farragut bombarding Port Hudson, Louisiana, and (bottom) African American troops of the 2nd Louisiana Regiment attacking the Confederate defensive work... More

Mr. J. Ross Browne, our artist "correspondent at large" The iron-clad ...

Caricature of J. Ross Browne holding umbrella on horseback and view of the iron-clad Montauk engaging the rebel Fort McAllister. Illus. in: Harper's weekly, v. 7, no. 321 (1863 Feb. 21), p. 125.

General map of Charleston Harbor, South Carolina, showing rebel defenc...

Depths shown by gradient tints. Shows location of sunken ships. Printed in upper left margin: 39th Cong. 1st Sess. --- Annual Report of the Secretary of the Navy. LC Civil War maps (2nd ed.) 370.1 Available als... More

The advance on Port Gibson Attack on Grand Gulf.

Prints show Union troops marching through the countryside from Bruinsburg to Port Gibson, and Union vessels, under the command of Admiral David D. Porter, engaged in naval bombardment of Confederate guns at Gra... More

Caricature, A horse chestnut / Dalrymple., public domain cartoon image

Print shows the "U.S.S. Merrimac", a cargo ship, under fire as it passes between the fortifications at the Socapa Battery and Morro Castle at the entrance to Santiago de Cuba Bay, Cuba, during the Spanish-Ameri... More

Bombardment of San Juan, Cuba [i.e. Puerto Rico]

48735 U.S. Copyright Office. Copyright by B.L. Singley. Photoprint of painting. No. 9675.

A scheme to save the Russian fleet when Japanese torpedo boats come

Print shows two Russian men watching a battleship with hot-air balloons attached rise from a tub of water.

The Navy returns President's Cup to Marine Corps football team. The Ma...

A group of people standing around a table. Public domain portrait photograph, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Navy opens bids for battle wagons. Washington, D.C., Nov. 2. The Navy ...

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

Before Senate Foreign Relations Committee. Washington, D.C., March 22....

A group of men standing next to each other. Public domain portrait photograph, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

LSM's (r) sending rockets at shores of Pokishi Shima, near Okinawa, fi...

Rockets being fired from ships. Photograph by U.S. Navy. No. USN 324262. Joseph J. Spagnola Collection.

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

[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.

[List of ships, gunboats, and transports]

Title devised. Text only. Continued on verso. Formerly Waud no. B-48. Gift, J.P. Morgan, 1919 (DLC/PP-1919:R1.2.813) Forms part of: Morgan collection of Civil War drawings.

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

[Sullivan's Island, S.C. Wreck of blockade-runner near the shore]

Photographs of the Federal Navy, and seaborne expeditions against the Atlantic Coast of the Confederacy, specifically of Charleston, S.C., 1863-1865.

Sina kurofune nihon shirofune -- buta no taibyō

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

U.S.S. Genesee at Baton Rouge, La., March 1863

Forms part of: Civil War Photograph Collection (Library of Congress). Public domain photograph - ship, port, harbor, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

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

[James River, Virginia Schooners sunk to obstruct passage]

Photograph from the main eastern theater of war, the Army of the James, June 1864-April 1865.

Terrific combat between the "Monitor" 2 guns & "Merrimac" 10 guns The ...

Currier & Ives : a catalogue raisonné / compiled by Gale Research. Detroit, MI : Gale Research, c1983, no. 6463 Exhibited: Capitol Visitors Center of the Library of Congress, Washington, D.C., 2011.

Transports arriving in the bay - Public domain dedication image

Illustration for McClure's magazine; not published. No accession number. Forms part of: Cabinet of American illustration (Library of Congress).

The Yankey torpedo / E-s del & sc., British Cartoon Print

Print shows a sea-monster discharging flames and missiles against a British ship. British satire reflecting indignation against American's use of torpedoes and other explosive machinery in the Summer of 1813 ag... More

[Two scenes: naval engagement and sailboats at sea]

Title devised. Inscribed below image of naval engagement: [Grue...?] Faint pencil sketch and fragment of wood-engraving of piano on verso. Formerly Waud no. B-51 Gift, J.P. Morgan, 1919 (DLC/PP-1919:R1.2.816) F... More

Historical memoir of the war in West Florida and Louisiana in 1814-15 ...

Public domain scan of a plan, map, diagram, free to use, no copyright restrictions - Picryl description.

"After you, sir.". Book illustration from Library of Congress

Sketch of Captain T.A.M. Craven and his pilot, climbing a ladder on the Tecumseh. Title inscribed below image. Inscribed below inset: Torpedo boat at Brooklyn Navy Yard that destroyed the Housatonic. Inscribed ... More

Fleet of transports just before the start, Tampa Bay

Drawing shows a fleet of steamships for troop transport in Tampa Bay prior to departure, during the Spanish-American war. Illustration for McClure's magazine; not published. No accession number. Forms part of:... More

[Russian warships in harbor; in background smoke from a fire near Gold...

H6363447 U.S. Copyright Office. Copyright by Underwood & Underwood, July 18, 1905.

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

Patapsco engaging Sullivans Id. Batteries.

Broadside view of an ironclad shelling a fort in Charleston, S.C. Harbor. Title inscribed lower left. Inscribed above image: red top to stack. Possibly by William Waud. Gift, J.P. Morgan, 1919 (DLC/PP-1919:R1.2... More

The Sumter running the blockade of Pass à l'Outre, by the enemy's Ship...

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

Naval heroes of the United States: no. 1 / lith. & pub. by N. Currier.

Print shows portraits of Oliver H. Perry, Stephen Decatur, Johnston Blakeley, William Bainbridge, David Porter, and James Lawrence surrounding a vignette of the battle of Lake Erie. 272 U.S. Copyright Office. ... More

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

U.S. ironclad gunboat Essex - A black and white photo of a ship in the...

Photo shows the USS Essex, launched in 1856 as the New Era and acquired druing the American Civil War by the US Army in 1861 for the Western Gunboat Flotilla. Transferred to the US Navy in 1862 and participated... More

Admiral Dahlgren and staff on the "Pawnee"

Stereograph showing group portrait of Rear Admiral John A. Dahlgren (fifth from left) and Union officers aboard U.S.S. Pawnee at Charleston, South Carolina. No. 3413. Part of series: The War for the Union. Phot... More

Operators of small boats enlist now! U.S. Coast Guard / T.A. Byrne.

Poster encouraging boat owners to enlist in the U.S. Coast Guard at the Recruiting Station, 146 Baronne St., New Orleans, La., showing a small Coast Guard boat. Date stamped on recto: Jan 21 '43. Work Projects ... 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

Lord Rodney, Head and Shoulders Portrait

Print shows George Brydges Rodney, head-and-shoulders portrait, facing right, wearing uniform; medallion on pedestal with nameplate. Illus. in: History of the war with America, France, Spain, and Holland : com... More

First view of Com. Perry's victory / M. Cornè ; 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

Hull's victory / R.F. Zogbaum. - A painting of a group of men on a shi...

American sailors and officers on deck of U.S.S. Constitution during engagement with the H.M.S. Gurrière off the coast of Nova Scotia. 64291 U.S. Copyright Office. Copyright by Frederick A. Stokes Company. Repro... More

Celebrating July 4th, 1898 - "the triumph of the American battle-ship"...

Print shows a gleeful Uncle Sam sitting with John Bull, who is a sailor representing England, and six figures representing "Spain", "Italy" (Umberto I), "Austria" (Franz Joseph I), "France", Germany (William II... More

The Spanish "Vizcaya"--destroyed by American fleet--on the rocks off C...

33393 U.S. Copyright Office. Public domain photograph - ship, port, harbor, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

The Bombardment of San Juan by Admiral Sampson

22192 U.S. Copyright Office. Copyright by B.L. Singley. Photoprint of painting. No. 9449.

Rear turret of the Spanish cruiser "Viscaya

48041 U.S. Copyright Office. Copyright by B. L. Singley. No. 9911.

[Kuropatkin on his knees amid ruined battleships appealing to Saint An...

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

Ryojun daikaisen rokan gōchin no zu

Print shows Japanese battleships bombarding Russian battleships in a surprise naval assault on the Russian fleet at Lüshun (Port Arthur). Title and other descriptive information compiled by Nichibunken-sponsore... More

[A destroyed Russian warship being salvaged by a smaller boat, Port Ar...

H63439 U.S. Copyright Office. Copyright by Underwood & Underwood, July 18, 1905.

[Victorious Japanese crossing the harbor to "Tiger Tail" -- after the ...

H63710 U.S. Copyright Office. Copyright by Underwood & Underwood, July 24, 1905. Title from published stereograph, no. 7807.

Navires-H'pitaux torpillés par les allemands

Picture of a hospital ship being torpedoed; smaller pictures commemorating torpedoed ships. A reported twelve hospital ships were sunk by the Germans either by mistake, due to unclear markings of the ships, o... More

U.S. Junior Chamber of Commerce hears Admiral Stark. Washington, D.C.,...

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

President Coolidge presents Congressional Medal of Honor to sailor Her...

A black and white photo of a group of men in uniform. Public domain portrait photograph, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Faces last shot. Washington, D.C., Dec. 29. Admiral William H. Standle...

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

Le vaisseau le Languedoc rematé en pleine mer ainsi que le Marseillois...

Photograph shows the French vessels "Languedoc" and "Marseillais" outfitted with new sails, having rejoined the French fleet under the command of Comte d'Estaing; after inconclusive fighting the French returned... More

This happens when you talk to others about ship sailings Let's make Ne...

Poster suggesting careless communication about ship departures may be harmful to the war effort, showing a face and a ship torpedoed by a submarine. Date stamped on recto: Jan 21 '43. Work Projects Administrati... More

Deutsches U-Boot, einen bewaffneten englischen fischdampfer vernichten...

Print shows reproduction of painting. In: Deutsche U-Boot-Taten in Bild und Wort.

Betty Herndon Maury Maury diary,, Confederate States of America.

Diary (1861 June 3-1863 February 18) written chiefly at Fredericksburg, Va., containing detailed comments on the progress of the Civil War, especially in the local area, hardships suffered by Confederate soldie... More

The Savannah, Confederate States of America.

Caption: The Confederate States privateer Savannah, letter of marque no. 1, captured off Charleston by the U.S. Brig Perry, Lieut. Parrott Copyright 1861 by E. K. Kimmel

Terrific combat between the "Monitor" 2 guns & "Merrimac" 10 guns The ...

Currier & Ives : a catalogue raisonné / compiled by Gale Research. Detroit, MI : Gale Research, c1983, no. 6463 Exhibited: Capitol Visitors Center of the Library of Congress, Washington, D.C., 2011.

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

Sir, Please to deliver for the [blank] armed vessel under my command, ...

Public domain scan of 18th-century drawing, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Smoking stacks attract attacks Don't invite disaster / / PvP.

Poster for Thirteenth Naval District, United States Navy, showing smoke coming from smokestack of ship, Japanese submarine in foreground. Work Projects Administration Poster Collection (Library of Congress). Pr... 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.

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."

To Captain P.B.V. Broke commanding his majesty's ship Shannon, his off...

Print showing the USS Chesapeake alongside HMS Shannon, with British sailors taking down the American flag, during the capture of the Chesapeake. The Chesapeake is also flying a flag that states "Free Trade and... More

"After you, sir." - Public domain drawing

[Folly Island, S.C. (vicinity of Charleston). Beached remains of the B...

Photographs of the Federal Navy, and seaborne expeditions against the Atlantic Coast of the Confederacy -- the Federal Navy, 1861-1865.

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.

Bringing parrott gun into position on board gun boat "Mendota," July 1...

Photograph showing four men with cannon on the deck of the Mendota. No. 20.

Fukuro no nezumi. Warship photograph collection

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 defeat of the Spanish fleet under Don Juan de Langara, by Sir Geor...

Print shows a naval battle between the British fleet, under the command of Sir George Brydges Rodney, and a much smaller Spanish fleet, under the command of Don Juan de Langara, off Cape Saint Vincent, Portugal... More