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Photographer: Timothy Carr
Taken: June 19, 2013
Caption: Center Top Image:
Additional Description: Watercolor of the CSS Tennessee painted by F. Muller, ca. 1900, from a photograph now in the National Archives, courtesy of the U. S. Navy Art Collection, Washington, D. C. "The Tennessee, was an immense, powerful vessel, built under the immediate supervision of the ablest naval architects the South could find. Her sides were almost solid; 24 inches in thickness, over which was casing of iron six inches thick. She carried six rifle guns of the Brooke's patent, throwing a shot 126 lbs. in weight, 7.5" in diameter, and of a conical shape." A Correspondent of the New York Tribune, aboard the USS Oneida (United States Naval Historical Center)
Submitted: October 22, 2013, by Timothy Carr of Birmingham, Alabama.
Database Locator Identification Number: p258422
File Size: 0.181 Megabytes

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