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Bombardment of Tripoli - Print, Library of Congress collection

Bombardment of Tripoli - Print, Library of Congress collection

No. 415, no. 304. Currier & Ives : a catalogue raisonné / compiled by Gale Research. Detroit, MI : Gale Research, c1983, no. 0670.

[Two children wearing sailor outfits are playing with a balloon tethered to a Russian battleship, the balloon has burst revealing the head of a Russian admiral or czar and the battleship has been sunk, the Russian child, standing, pointing to the balloon, is crying, the Japanese child, sitting, is joyfully clapping]

[Two children wearing sailor outfits are playing with a balloon tether...

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

[Debris from Russian battleship falling to the bottom of the sea where it is being salvaged by fish wearing kimonos]

[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

Lashed to the shrouds--Farragut passing the forts at Mobile, in his flagship Hartford / Prangs chromo ; after Theodore Kaufman.

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."

Fleet of transports just before the start, Tampa Bay

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

U.S. steam frigate Mississippi, in the Gulf of Mexico, March 1847

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

The landing, of the naval expedition, against Tabasco [Mexico]. Com...ore M.C. Perry in command / painted by H. Walke Lt. U.S.N. ; drawn on stone by Volmering & Davignon ; lith. by Sarony & Major.

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.

No enemy sub will dare lift its eye if you lend your Zeiss or Bausch & Lomb binoculars to the Navy pack carefully, include your name and address : send to Naval Observatory Washington D.C.

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.

This representation of the battle on Lake Erie is respectfully inscribed to Commodore Perry, his officers and gallant crews, by their humble servant James Webster / drawn by Sully and Kearney ; engrd. by Murray, Draper, Fairman and Co.

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

Print shows many ships 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.

U.S. Corvettes Cumberland and Sarataga engaging rebel steamer Jamestown--off Newport News

U.S. Corvettes Cumberland and Sarataga engaging rebel steamer Jamestow...

Cannons being fired from fort in foreground at ships in background. Signed lower left: Captain Balling. Title inscribed on verso. Inscribed lower right: Newport News. Balling served as Captain of the 1st New Yo... More

Sea Shore--Folly Island, S.C. May 1863

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

Commodore Hopkins - commandeur en chef der Amerj: flotte

Commodore Hopkins - commandeur en chef der Amerj: flotte

Print shows Esek Hopkins, three-quarter length portrait, wearing uniform, standing, facing front, with sword drawn during naval engagement. Illus. in: Geschichte der kriege in und ausser Europa / Christoph Hei... More

The Battle at La Hogue / painted by B. West, historical painter to His Majesty ; engraved by W. Woollett, engraver to His Majesty.

The Battle at La Hogue / painted by B. West, historical painter to His...

Print shows engagement of British, Dutch, and French fleets in the battle at La Hogue (Barfleur, France), in the English Channel, with close combat in row boats in the foreground. At head of title: To the Righ... More

The troops disembarking to attack Fort Oswego, under the command of Genl. Drummond and Sir T. Yeo, Lake Ontario, May the 6th 1814 / / By Capt. Steele. 2d. Battn. Royal Marines

The troops disembarking to attack Fort Oswego, under the command of Ge...

Seascape drawing shows British sailors leaving their ships and rowing toward Fort Oswego on Lake Ontario during the War of 1812. The 2nd battalion of the Royal Marines, under Lieutenant General Sir George Gordo... More

Constitution's escape from the British squadron after a chase of sixty hours / M. Cornè p. ; W. Hoogland sc.

Constitution's escape from the British squadron after a chase of sixty...

Print shows rowboats towing the USS Constitution away from the British fleet as the British frigate Belvidera fires it's cannons. In the background, rowboats tow the British frigate Shannon. Other ships in the ... More

Struck with the gallantry, skill, and decision, displayed by Sir Philip Bowes Vere Broke, Baronet, K.C.B. Commander of his Majesty's ship, the Shannon, in the attack, boarding, and capture of the American frigate, the Chesapeake ... / manufactured by S. Hougham & Co. ; Henry Meyer execudit.

Struck with the gallantry, skill, and decision, displayed by Sir Phili...

Print shows a design for a silver plateau containing laurels, Nereids, Triton, Neptune, Liberty, Victory, Commerce, and Britannia encircling HMS Shannon at sea.

United States squadron under Com. Bainbridge returning triumphant from the Mediterranean in 1815 / J.B. Fanning des. ; G.G. Smith sc.

United States squadron under Com. Bainbridge returning triumphant from...

Print shows the American squadron at sea, includes, on the left, Macedonian, Firefly, Torch, Boxer, at center, Independence, Spark, Saranac, Enterprize, Lynx, and on the right, Congress, Chippewa, Spitfire, and... More

Battle between the United States and the Macedonian / painted by Chappel ; engraved by Duthie.

Battle between the United States and the Macedonian / painted by Chapp...

Print shows the warship United States, on the right, firing at HMS Macedonian on the left. From the original picture in the possession of the Publishers.

The blockade of Charleston - A drawing of two ships in the ocean

The blockade of Charleston - A drawing of two ships in the ocean

Three sailing ships: "Vandalia", the prize "Arthur Middleton", and "Roanoke". Illus. in: Harper's weekly, v. 5, no. 247 (1861 Sept. 21), p. 599.

The Rebel privateer Florida chasing the schooner Laura Ann, about 400 miles west of Bermuda / from a sketch by Capt. Wasn.

The Rebel privateer Florida chasing the schooner Laura Ann, about 400 ...

Illus. from: Frank Leslie's illustrated newspaper, 1863 May 9. Public domain photograph - engraving of a sailing ship, sea battle, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Landing where they exchange prisoners, James River, April 1865 (Andrew J. Russel)

Landing where they exchange prisoners, James River, April 1865 (Andrew...

Photograph showing a soldier standing near a wharf on the James River.

Wreck of the "Maine."--Divers going down

Wreck of the "Maine."--Divers going down

22234 U.S. Copyright Office. No. 1449. Sold only by Griffith & Griffith. American and Foreign Views.

1904 Meiji Japan Navy seventy seven brave soldiers decide die company get in the transportation ships and themselves sink is picture stoppaged Port Ryojun

1904 Meiji Japan Navy seventy seven brave soldiers decide die company ...

Print shows Japanese sailors in small boats, risking death, attempt to blockade Port Arthur during the Russo-Japanese war. From series: Memorial Picture for the victory in the Russo-Japanese War. No. 6.

The Japanese torpedo destroyers, the Asagiri and Hayadori, attacking the Russian Men-of-war

The Japanese torpedo destroyers, the Asagiri and Hayadori, attacking t...

Print showing Japanese torpedo boats sinking Russian battleships. From series: The real illustration of the Japano-Russian War. No. 3.

[Czar Nicholas II tightrope walking on a line between three rifles on shore and a sinking ship]

[Czar Nicholas II tightrope walking on a line between three rifles on ...

Descriptive information compiled by Nichibunken-sponsored Edo print specialists in 2005-06. From the series: Nihon banzai hyakusen hyakushō : Long live Japan: one hundred victories, one hundred laughs. Forms p... More

Ryojkyunkō gai daikaisen shinzu sono ichi

Ryojkyunkō gai daikaisen shinzu sono ichi

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

[Human figure with Russian battleship for a head being operated on by Japanese surgeons]

[Human figure with Russian battleship for a head being operated on by ...

Public domain photo of Japanese woodblock print, Ukiyo-e, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Die Fahrt der Deutschland von Paul König ... / Amar.

Die Fahrt der Deutschland von Paul König ... / Amar.

Poster shows a silhouette of the merchant submarine Deutschland in calm waters. The poster is an advertisement for a book about the submarine Deutschland by the ship's captain Paul König. Ullstein-Kriegs-Bücher... More

Donnez tous à l'Oeuvre du Souvenir de la France à ses marins

Donnez tous à l'Oeuvre du Souvenir de la France à ses marins

A woman sitting behind a French flag on a boat as she looks out at the battleships in the harbor. Translation of title: Everyone give to the fund for the remembrance of the French sailors. Signed: Simon. Promot... More

BENSON, WILLIAM SHEPHERD. REAR ADMIRAL, U.S.N. CHIEF OF NAVAL OPERATIONS. MEDALS AND DECORATIONS

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

A group of men standing next to each other holding umbrellas, Library of Congress Harris and Ewing collection Title from unverified caption data received with the Harris & Ewing Collection. Gift; Harris & Ewin... More

The Navy at the White House. Officers of the United States Navy arriving at the White House for annual New Year's Reception. In the lead, Admiral Charles F. Hughes, chief of Naval operations and Admiral T.J. Cowie (retired) former Paymaster General

The Navy at the White House. Officers of the United States Navy arrivi...

Public domain historical photo, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Ready forarms parley. Admiral William H. Standley, chief of Naval Operations, seated at left, confers with technical advisors appointed by Secretary Claude Swanson to go with the Admiral to the London Naval Conference where Admiral Standley will be one of the U.S. delegates. Seated beside the delegate is Capt. R. E. Ingersoll. Standing are Commander Roscoe E. Schuirmann, left, and Lieut. A. Del. Ayrault, Jr., 112135

Ready forarms parley. Admiral William H. Standley, chief of Naval Oper...

A group of men sitting around a table, Library of Congress Harris and Ewing collection Title from unverified caption data on negative or negative sleeve. Gift; Harris & Ewing, Inc. 1955. General information ab... More

PRESIDENT ROOSEVELT AWARDS THE SCHIFF TROPHY. WASHINGTON, D.C. NOVEMBER 14. PRESIDENT ROOSEVELT PRESENTED THE SCHIFF TROPHY FOR MAXIMUM SAFETY IN NAVAL AVIATION OPERATIONS TO THE SEVENTH PATROL SQUADRON WHICH OPERATED 4,903 HOURS IN THE AIR FROM ITS SAN DIEGO BASE LAST YEAR WITHOUT AN ACCIDENT. DURING THE PERIOD OF COMPETITION, THE UNIT WAS KNOWN AS SQUADRON SEVEN, COMMANDED BY LT. COMMANDER SILAS B. MOORE WHO IS NOW STATIONED IN HONOLULU. BUT SINCE HAS BEEN REDESIGNATED AS SQUADRON ELEVEN, NOW COMMANDED BY LT. COMMANDER FRANK T. WARD, JR., WHO ACCEPTED THE TROPHY FROM THE PRESIDENT. L TO R: LT. COMMANDER FRANK T. WARD; WILLIAM SCHIFF, DONOR OF THE TROPHY; ACTING SECRETARY OF THE NAVY CHARLES EDISON; ADMIRAL WILLIAM R. STARK, CHIEF OF NAVAL OPERATIONS; ADMIRAL J.H. TOWERS, CHIEF OF NAVAL AIR CORPS; AND WALTER C. BRYAN OF THE TROPHY COMMITTEE. PRESIDENT ROOSEVELT IS SEATED

PRESIDENT ROOSEVELT AWARDS THE SCHIFF TROPHY. WASHINGTON, D.C. NOVEMBE...

Public domain photograph related to Franklin Delano Roosevelt, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

L'escadre françoise mouillée devant New-york, bloquant l'escadre Angloise et interceptant les batimes qui vouloient y entrer - le 12 juillet 1778

L'escadre françoise mouillée devant New-york, bloquant l'escadre Anglo...

Photograph shows the French fleet, under the command of Comte d'Estaing, anchored outside New York, attempting to form a naval blockade to prevent the British fleet from departing, as well as preventing supply ... More

First Jap torpedo bomber, "Jill," flying through hail of AA fire toward the USS Yorktown (CV-20) to attack, during the raid on Truk, Caroline Is. Official U.S. Navy photo

First Jap torpedo bomber, "Jill," flying through hail of AA fire towar...

Title transcribed from item. No. USN 231203. Public domain photograph of Imperial Japan, Japanese empire during World War Two, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

John Paul Jones, commodore au service des Etats-Unis de l'Amérique / dessiné par C.J. Notté ; gravé par Carl Guttenberg.

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

Print shows John Paul Jones, half-length portrait, facing slightly right, standing on board ship during battle, reaching with left hand for one of several pistols at his waist, right hand holds sword. Includes... More

The sinking of the "Cumberland" by the iron clad "Merrimac," off Newport News Virginia March 8th 1862

The sinking of the "Cumberland" by the iron clad "Merrimac," off Newpo...

Print shows "Cumberland" getting off last shots before rolling onto its side and sinking; the ironclad "Virginia", formerly the "Merrimack", approaches from the side, firing on the sinking ship. Sailors who hav... More

[List of ships, gunboats, and transports]

[List of ships, gunboats, and transports]

Title devised. Text only. Continued on verso. Formerly Waud no. B-49. Gift, J.P. Morgan, 1919 (DLC/PP-1919:R1.2.814) Forms part of: Morgan collection of Civil War drawings.

Infernal machines discovered in the Potomac [near Aquia] Creek by the flotilla ...

Infernal machines discovered in the Potomac [near Aquia] Creek by the ...

Detail of explosive device in foreground, scene of discovery in background. Title inscribed above image. Inscribed above image: Infernal machines discovered in the Potomac [near Aquia] Creek by the flotilla for... More

Crew of Monitor, Hampton Roads, Virginia 1862

Crew of Monitor, Hampton Roads, Virginia 1862

Stereograph showing the crew of the U.S.S. ironclad, "Monitor" sitting and standing on deck near the turret. Forms part of: Civil War Photograph Collection (Library of Congress). Original negative may be avail... More

Sina kurofune nihon shirofune -- buta no taibyō

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

Picryl description: Public domain image, drawing, American, 19th century, free to use, no copyright restrictions

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

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

[James River, Virginia Schooners sunk to obstruct passage]

[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.

The Battle of Lake Erie, Commodore O.H. Perry's victory / Lithographed & published by J. Perry Newell, Newport, R.I.; printed by J.H. Bufford & Sons, Boston.

The Battle of Lake Erie, Commodore O.H. Perry's victory / Lithographed...

Public domain illustrated book page scan, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Bombardment of Tripoli - Print, Library of Congress collection

Bombardment of Tripoli - Print, Library of Congress collection

No. 415, no. 304. Currier & Ives : a catalogue raisonné / compiled by Gale Research. Detroit, MI : Gale Research, c1983, no. 0670.

On deck of U.S. gunboat Hunchback

On deck of U.S. gunboat Hunchback

No. B656. Mounted with five other photographs. Gift; Col. Godwin Ordway; 1948.

Two monitors and Old Ironsides firing on Sumter

Two monitors and Old Ironsides firing on Sumter

Photograph shows a view from the parapet being fired upon by Union gunboats on September 8, 1863. Purchase; Robin Stanford; 2015; (DLC/PP-2015:022). No. 7 in series. This is the first known Civil War combat ph... More

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

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

Public domain scan of print depicting a sailboat or small ship, seascape, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

[Folly Island, S.C. (vicinity of Charleston). Beached remains of the British-built blockade runner Ruby, run aground after passing the Federal squadron, June 10-11, 1863]

[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 battle of New Orleans / T. Sinclair's lith., Philadelphia.

The battle of New Orleans / T. Sinclair's lith., Philadelphia.

Music cover showing naval battle. Public domain photograph - United States during American Civil War, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

U.S. Corvettes Cumberland and Sarataga engaging rebel steamer Jamestown--off Newport News

U.S. Corvettes Cumberland and Sarataga engaging rebel steamer Jamestow...

Cannons being fired from fort in foreground at ships in background. Signed lower left: Captain Balling. Title inscribed on verso. Inscribed lower right: Newport News. Balling served as Captain of the 1st New Yo... More

Our Steamers passing sunken trees in the Pomonkey[sic] River, going up May 17th

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

Destruction of Housatonic by a rebel torpedo. Feb. of 17 1864. Charleston

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

Alliance, blockade runner. Warship photograph collection

Alliance, blockade runner. Warship photograph collection

Broadside view of steamship. Title inscribed below image. Gift, J.P. Morgan, 1919 (DLC/PP-1919:R1.2.94) Forms part of: Morgan collection of Civil War drawings.

Submarine Infernal machine intended to destroy the "Minnesota"

Submarine Infernal machine intended to destroy the "Minnesota"

A submarine and a sailing ship. Illus. in: Harper's weekly, v. 5, no. 253 (1861 Nov. 2), p. 701.

[Morris Island, South Carolina. Unidentified camp]

[Morris Island, South Carolina. Unidentified camp]

Photo shows tents and soldiers on beach of Morris Island. In distance, ironclads, including USS New Ironsides and five monitor-class warships are in action against Fort Sumter and Fort Moultrie in Charleston ha... More

Morris Island, South Carolina. Unidentified camp

Morris Island, South Carolina. Unidentified camp

Photo shows tents and soldiers on beach of Morris Island. In distance, ironclads, including USS New Ironsides and five monitor-class warships are in action against Fort Sumter and Fort Moultrie in Charleston ha... More

A hundred years ago - the surrender of the French frigate "L'Insurgente" to the U.S.S. "Constellation," Commodore Truxtun, February 9, 1799 / drawn by Clyde O. DeLand.

A hundred years ago - the surrender of the French frigate "L'Insurgent...

Print shows the aftermath of a battle between the USS Constellation and the French frigate "L'Insurgente" with the crew of the Constellation gathered on the starboard side cheering as the badly damaged "L'Insur... More

The Cruiser "Oquendo"--once the pride of Spain--destroyed by the American Navy

The Cruiser "Oquendo"--once the pride of Spain--destroyed by the Ameri...

33403 U.S. Copyright Office. Public domain photograph of 19th-century stereoscopic card, landscape, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Discuss sale of helium to Germany. Washington, D.C., May 11. Germany's request to buy a large quantity of helium for German- owned commercial airships was discussed by President Roosevelt and the U.S. Chief of Staff, Chief of Naval Operations, U.S. Solicitor General, and the Secretary of Interior. Shown leaving the conference are, left to right: Admiral William D. Leahy, chief of Naval operations; Solicitor General Robert H. Jackson, and Maj. General Malin Craig, chief of staff

Discuss sale of helium to Germany. Washington, D.C., May 11. Germany's...

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

[Japanese sailor with rifle holding three Chinese battleships at bay]

[Japanese sailor with rifle holding three Chinese battleships at bay]

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

[Small boats on shore and warships in harbor; in mid-distance a salvage boat next to a submerged boat, Port Arthur]

[Small boats on shore and warships in harbor; in mid-distance a salvag...

Photo shows the Russian battleship Peresvet (three smokestacks). The other one is either battleship Sevastopol or Poltava. (Source: Charley Seavey and crew, 2017) H63707 U.S. Copyright Office. Copyright by Unde... More

Something the enemy never did - Public domain dedication image

Something the enemy never did - Public domain dedication image

Photographic reproduction of editorial cartoon shows Vice Admiral William Sowden Sims attacking the World War I record of Secretary of the Navy Josephus Daniels. Transfer; LC Manuscript Division. Forms part of... More

The Navy at the White House. Officers of the United States Navy arriving at the White House for annual New Year's Reception. In the lead, Admiral Charles F. Hughes, chief of Naval operations and Admiral T.J. Cowie (retired) former Paymaster General

The Navy at the White House. Officers of the United States Navy arrivi...

A group of men in uniform walking down a sidewalk, Library of Congress Harris and Ewing collection Title from unverified caption data on negative or negative sleeve. On sleeve: Watch Your Credit Line. Gift; Ha... More

L'armée françoise allant reconnoitre à St. Cristophe, l'armée Angloise, s'assurant du mauvais etat ou l'a réduit le combat de la Grenade, avant de quitter les iles du vent, présentant le combat et observant si les vaisseaux désemparés peuvent être attaqués le 22 juillet 1779

L'armée françoise allant reconnoitre à St. Cristophe, l'armée Angloise...

Photograph shows the British fleet in the harbor at Saint Kitts in the Leeward Islands being fired upon from the fort at Basseterre; the French fleet arrives in the foreground. Includes legend.

Le vaisseau le Languedoc dématé par le coup de vent dans le nuit du 12' attaqué par un vaisseau de guerre Anglois l'après midy du 13 Aoust 1778

Le vaisseau le Languedoc dématé par le coup de vent dans le nuit du 12...

Photograph shows the French vessel "Languedoc" under fire from the British ship "Renown" under Captain Dawson who was taking advantage of the fact that the disabled French ship had lost her mast and rudder duri... More

L'armée françoise courant en echiquier pour rejoindre l'armée Angloise et tâcher de couper les trois vaisseaux désemparés restés de l'arrière qui réjoignait leur armée - sixieme position

L'armée françoise courant en echiquier pour rejoindre l'armée Angloise...

Photograph shows the French fleet, in the foreground, maneuvering in pursuit of the British fleet which is attempting to flee; three disabled British ships try to outrun the French and rejoin the British fleet.... More

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

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

Der englische flugzeugträger "Courageous" wird von deutschem U-boot versenkt / Adolf Bock 1941.

Der englische flugzeugträger "Courageous" wird von deutschem U-boot ve...

Print shows passengers abandoning the HMS Courageous, a British aircraft carrier, on September 17, 1939 after it was torpedoed by a German Uboat. Original signed in lower left. Forms part of: Third Reich Colle... More

A view of the bombardment of Fort McHenry, near Baltimore, by the British fleet, taken from the obsesrvatory under the command of Admirals Cochrane & Cockburn, on the morning of the 13th of Sept. 1814 ... / J. Bower sc Philadelphia.

A view of the bombardment of Fort McHenry, near Baltimore, by the Brit...

Photograph of an engraving by John Bower showing the British fleet bombarding Fort McHenry, Baltimore, Maryland. Caption continues: which lasted 24 hours & thrown from 1500 to 1800 shells in the night attempte... More

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

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

Battle of Plattsburg. Book illustration from Library of Congress

Battle of Plattsburg. Book illustration from Library of Congress

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

[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.

Destruction of the U.S. battleship Maine in Havana Harbor Feby 15th, 1898

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

[Destroying a fleet -- battleship Pallada struck by a 500 lb. Japanese shell -- Port Arthur harbor]

[Destroying a fleet -- battleship Pallada struck by a 500 lb. Japanese...

H63425 U.S. Copyright Office. Copyright by Underwood & Underwood, July 18, 1905. Title from published stereograph, no. 7739.

Wreck of Transport Steamers "Maple leaf" and "Genl. Hunter". St. Johns river. Florida, Sunk by torpedoes

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.

Terrific combat between the "Monitor" 2 guns & "Merrimac" 10 guns The first fight between iron clad ships of war, in Hampton Roads, March 9th 1862, in which the little "Monitor" whipped the "Merrimac" and the whole " school" of Rebel steamers.

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.

Gun-boat quick step - American Civil War sheet music
Attack of the gun boats upon the city, & Castle of San Juan de Ulloa. Bombardment of Vera Cruz, March 1847 / lith. & pub. by N. Currier.

Attack of the gun boats upon the city, & Castle of San Juan de Ulloa. ...

Print shows the bombardment of Vera Cruz by American warships under the command of Josiah Tattnall Esq. U.S.N.; ships and their commanding officers are identified as "Falcon, Lt. Glasson, Reefen, Lt. Sterett, V... More

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

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

Brilliant naval victory on the Mississippi River, near Fort Wright, May 10th 1862

Brilliant naval victory on the Mississippi River, near Fort Wright, Ma...

Currier & Ives : a catalogue raisonné / compiled by Gale Research. Detroit, MI : Gale Research, c1983, no. 0774.

[James River, Virginia Sunken Confederate ships Virginia (ram) and Jamestown]

[James River, Virginia Sunken Confederate ships Virginia (ram) and Jam...

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

[James River, Virginia Sunken Confederate ships Virginia (ram) and Jamestown]

[James River, Virginia Sunken Confederate ships Virginia (ram) and Jam...

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

[Four naval scenes] - Public domain  drawing

[Four naval scenes] - Public domain drawing

Title devised. Inscribed below ships as identifiers: Butlers Flag[ship]; Louisiana exploded off Ft. Fisher 1864 [December 23]. Inscribed below cityscape: Ripraps 1861. Partial sketch deck of ship on verso. Form... More

Great naval victory in Mobile Bay, Aug. 5th 1864

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

St. Lucia in the West Indies taken possession of by Admiral Barrington, Monsieur de Micoud and the inhabitants having capitulated the 30th of December, 1778, being the day after Count d'Estaign left the island much disconcerted Hamilton delin. ; Thornton sculp

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. At the bottom, shows an o... More

Com. MacDonough's victory on Lake Champlain Sept. 11th 1814 / M. Cornè p. ; W. Hoogland sc.

Com. MacDonough's victory on Lake Champlain Sept. 11th 1814 / M. Cornè...

Print shows the battle on Lake Champlain and the land battle at Plattsburgh, 1814, Sept. 11.

Minnesota--probably, Library of Congress drawings collection

Minnesota--probably, Library of Congress drawings collection

Unfinished broadside view, cannons protruding, stern damaged.

Map showing entrance to Mobile Bay and course taken by Union fleet

Map showing entrance to Mobile Bay and course taken by Union fleet

Map shows Confederate fortifications (Forts Powell, Gaines, Morgan) and the location of Union fleet in Mobile Bay and the Gulf of Mexico. On August 5, Union Admiral Farragut attempted to lead several ships int... More

Frederick Hankerson Costello - A tar of the old school. Public domain book.
[The tartget of Russian guns -- Japanese vessel wrecked on rocks below Golden Hill -- Port Arthur]

[The tartget of Russian guns -- Japanese vessel wrecked on rocks below...

H63717 U.S. Copyright Office. Copyright by Underwood & Underwood, July 24, 1905. Title from published stereograph, no. 7806.

Virginia sinking the Cumberland, March 8, 1862

Virginia sinking the Cumberland, March 8, 1862

Copyright by G.S. Richardson. Public domain photograph - historical image of Virginia, United States, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

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

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

A black and white photo of a man in a suit and hat, Library of Congress Harris and Ewing collection Title from unverified caption data received with the Harris & Ewing Collection. Gift; Harris & Ewing, Inc. 19... More

New Chief of Naval Operations assumes post. Washington, D.C., Dec. 31. Secretary of Navy Claud A. Swanson congratulates Admiral William D. Leahy, New? Chief of Naval Operations, after he received his commission today. On the left is Admiral William H. Standley, who retired as Naval Operations Chief today after 45 years of active service in the Navy

New Chief of Naval Operations assumes post. Washington, D.C., Dec. 31....

A black and white photo of three men shaking hands, Library of Congress Harris and Ewing collection Title from unverified data on the negative or negative sleeve. Gift; Harris & Ewing, Inc. 1955. General infor... More

Memoirs of Andrew Sherburne, a pensioner of the navy of the revolution

Memoirs of Andrew Sherburne, a pensioner of the navy of the revolution

Also available in digital form. LAC scc 2019-04-23 update (1 card) LAC rwp 2019-05-06 review

Folly Island, S.C. (vicinity of Charleston). Beached remains of the British-built blockade runner Ruby, run aground after passing the Federal squadron, June 10-11, 1863

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

Photographs of the Federal Navy, and seaborne expeditions against the Atlantic Coast of the Confederacy -- the Federal Navy, 1861-1865. Civil War photographs, 1861-1865 / compiled by Hirst D. Milhollen and Dona... More

The naval monument, containing official and other accounts of all the battles fought between the navies of the United States and Great Britain during the late war;
Sullivan's Island, S.C. Wreck of blockade-runner near the shore

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. Civil War photographs, 1861-1865 / compiled by Hirst D. Milh... More

James River, Virginia Schooners sunk to obstruct passage

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. Civil War photographs, 1861-1865 / compiled by Hirst D. Milhollen and Donald H. Mugridge, Washington, D.C. : Library... More

German plan : North Sea off the west coast of Jutland

German plan : North Sea off the west coast of Jutland

British-produced maps showing German naval actions in the North Sea in 1916 to the west of Denmark, which actions were later called "The Battle of Jutland"--the largest naval battle of World War One. The common... More

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