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Description
Plates in: Mare Island photograph album, pg. [11]. 1991-1161. Shows ship at anchor in Strait; deck covered in awnings with line of sailors (period when training ship?); Vallejo in background. Pensacola, a screw steamer, launched by Pensacola Navy Yard in 1859. Saw service in Gulf of Mexico during Civil War; in 1866 sailed around Cape Horn to join Pacific Squadron ranging from Chile to Puget Sound to Hawaii; in 1883 sailed West to transit the Suez Canal returning to Atlantic Coast; 1890 returned to Pacific Coast, sometimes serving as naval training ship, receiving ship at Yerba Buena Training Station; struck from register in 1911.
1 photograph : print ; oval image 8 1/4 x 11 1/8 in.
Identifier
(C)001636030CSL01-Aleph
Language
English
Subject
Mare Island Naval Shipyard--Photographs Pensacola (Screw steamer)--Photographs Training-ships--California--Mare Island--Photographs Naval shipyards & naval stations--California--Mare Island Ships--California--Mare Island Warships--California--Mare Island Buildings--California--Vallejo Mare Island (Calif.)--Photographs Mare Island Strait (Calif.)--Photographs Napa River (Calif.)--Photographs Vallejo (Calif.)--Photographs Photographic prints
Place
California Mare Island Vallejo Mare Island (Calif.) Mare Island Strait (Calif.) Napa River (Calif.) Vallejo (Calif.)
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