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56k | Secretary of the Navy William A. Graham was born in 1804 and died 1875. Graduating from University of North Carolina 1824, he was admitted to the bar 1826. From 1833 he repeatedly was elected to House of Commons, of which he was speaker 1839-40. From 1840-43 he was in the U.S. Senate, and 1844 and 1846, elected Whig governor of North Carolina, declining a third term. From 1850-52, he was Secretary of the Navy, when he organized Perry's Expedition to Japan, during the administration of President Filmore. Photo: Library of Congress Prints and Photographs Division. Brady-Handy Photograph Collection. | Bill Gonyo |
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51k | Undated, in unknown drydock. | Paul Rebold |
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203k | Circa 1919-1920, location unknown. | Dave Wright |
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62k | At anchor in Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, circa 1920. USS Dahlgren (Destroyer # 187/DD-187) is partially visible in the right background. | Marc Piché/Robert Hurst |
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228k | Circa 1920'[s, location unknown. | Alan Butler |