Mystic-built ironclad Navy steamship Galena
Osbon, B. S.
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1861
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Source extent: 1 photograph : engraving ; 10 3/8 x 15 9/16 in.
Port view of ironclad auxiliary screw steamer Galena under sail and steam on a choppy sea. Her guns are visible, and smoke is pouring from her stack. The sails of other vessels can be seen in the background. Printed below picture: 'THE IRON-CLAD WAR-STEAMER NOW BUILDING AT MYSTIC, CONNECTICUT. - SKETCHED FROM THE ORIGINAL DRAWINGS BY B . OSBON." Printed in picture lower left: "GP"
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Title supplied by cataloger. Wood engraving from page 669 of Harper's Weekly of October 19, 1861. Galena was designed by Samuel Hartt Pook and built by Maxson, Fish & Co. of Mystic. The first seagoing ironclad in the Navy, Galena saw Civil War action several times. Her iron plating having been removed as ineffective, she served as a wooden gunboat the Battle of Mobile Bay in 1864. Later rebuilt, she remained in Navy service until 1892. Maxson, Fish & Co. was established in 1853 by William Ellery Maxson and Nathan G. Fish of Mystic, together with other partners. The yard was located in West Mystic. The business went bankrupt in 1870, soon after Fish's death.
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United States -- History -- Civil War, 1861-1865
Galena (Steamship)
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Accession number: 1939.171
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