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Photo of the USS Ossipee
Posted inMaritime & Naval History US Civil War

June 11, 1863 – Construction At The Portsmouth Navy Yard

We learn from the Portsmouth (N. H.), Chronicle that the Navy Yard at that place has turned out nine government steamers since the commencement of the rebellion, as follows: the…
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Illustration of a sailing vessel docked at a stone quay. The caption reads "Landing of the Queen's presents"
Posted inCulture & Society Politics

Presents For Her Majesty

An Arabian man-of-war, the first that ever appeared in English waters, came up the river on Sunday in tow of a steamer, and was moored in the afternoon off the…
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