U.S.S. Vanderbuilt
Item Information
- Title:
- U.S.S. Vanderbuilt
- Description:
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U.S.S. Vanderbuilt. A side-wheeler presented to the U.S. in 1861 by Commodore Cornelius (?) Vanderbuilt, a ship of 3360 tons, stout and swift, perhaps the most successful of the converted merchant ships. Equipped with 200 rifles, 12 nine-inch guns, and one 12 lb. howitzer. Used in blockading the Carolinas: hunted unsuccessfully the Confederate Alabama. Sold to private interests in 1873.
- Collector:
- Cutler, Wolcott, 1891-1965
- Date:
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[ca. 1850–1925]
- Format:
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Photographs
- Genre:
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Lantern slides
- Location:
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Boston Public Library
Charlestown Branch Library - Collection (local):
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Charlestown Lantern Slides
- Subjects:
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Naval yards & naval stations
Steamboats
Charlestown Navy Yard (Mass.)
- Places:
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MassachusettsSuffolk (county)BostonCharlestown
Boston Navy Yard
- Extent:
- 1 photograph : transparency
- Permalink:
- https://ark.digitalcommonwealth.org/ark:/50959/8k71p159n
- Terms of Use:
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Rights status not evaluated.
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