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Painting of USS Charleston (Cruiser No. 2) |
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Mare Island Navy Yard, September-October 1889. Ships present:
USS
Monongahela, outboard of,
USS
Monadnock (under construction),
USS Albatross,
USC&GS Carlisle P. Patterson,
USS Charleston(C-2) (being outfitted),
Floating dry dock and
USS Independence
(Receiving Ship)
Ships in the channel (left to right)
USS Alert
and
USS Thetis.
US Navy photo from the collections of the Vallejo Naval and Historical
Museum
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Darryl Baker and Robb Johnson |
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Stern view at Mare Island, circa 1890. |
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USS Charleston (Cruiser No. 2), at left, and USS
Baltimore (Cruiser No. 3) at Tacoma, Washington, circa 1892. Photographed by French, Tacoma. Donation of Captain R.R. Law, USN, 1972.
U.S. Naval Historical Center Photograph #NH 75894
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Starboard bow view while at anchor on 4 February 1893, possibly Boston Harbor.
Historic New England Nathaniel L. Stebbins Collection, Photo No. PC047.02.1580.04297 |
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Men running an obstacle race, during Thanksgiving Day celebrations on board USS Charleston (Cruiser No. 2) at Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, November 1893. Courtesy of Captain Henry F. Picking, 24 December 1893.
U.S. Naval Historical Center Photograph. Photo #: NH 52451. |
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A three-legged race on board Charleston during Thanksgiving Day celebrations at Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, November 1893. Participants include British and German sailors. The onlookers appear to be of mixed nationalities, as well. Courtesy of Captain Henry F. Picking, 24 December 1893.
U.S. Naval Historical Center Photograph. Photo #NH 52452. |
Robert Hurst |
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Starboard side view, at anchor, 1895. |
Colin P. Varga |
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View of the main deck aboard USS Charleston (Cruiser No. 2)
at Mare Island in 1898. |
Darryl Baker |
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Photo of one of USS Charleston's deck guns with a
sailor showing a manual sewing machine at Mare Island in 1898. |
Darryl Baker |
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Group photo of USS Charleston's officers at Mare
Island in 1898. |
Darryl Baker |
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Photos of installation of USS Charleston's aft gun
mounts at Mare Island in March 1898. |
Darryl Baker |
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Photos of installation of USS Charleston's aft gun
mounts at Mare Island in March 1898. |
Darryl Baker |
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Night photo of the USS Charleston (Cruiser No. 2) in dry dock
#1 at Mare Island in March 1898. |
Darryl Baker |
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Stern view of USS Charleston (Cruiser No. 2) in dry dock #1
at Mare Island in April 1898. |
Darryl Baker
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Bow view of USS Charleston (Cruiser No. 2) in dry dock #1 at
Mare Island in April 1898. |
Darryl Baker |
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Port bow view of USS Charleston (Cruiser No. 2) in dry dock
#1 at Mare Island in April 1898. Photo taken from top of dry dock. |
Darryl Baker |
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Port bow view of USS Charleston (Cruiser No. 2) in dry dock
#1 at Mare Island in April 1898. Photo taken from inside the dock. |
Darryl Baker |
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USS Charleston (Cruiser No. 2) - Halftone photograph of a group of the ship's officers, taken in May-June 1898 while in passage from Honolulu to Guam. Those present include:
Seated at right, left to right:
Lieutenant (Junior Grade) George R. Slocum
Assistant Engineer James B. Henry, Jr.
Standing, left to right:
Ensign William A. Moffett
Assistant Engineer Charles L. Leiper
Paymaster James S. Phillips
Surgeon Henry T. Percy
Pay Clerk Phillips (or Middleton?)
Assistant Engineer Albert W. Marshall
Lieutenant Commander Gottfried Blocklinger
Passed Assistant Engineer Josiah S. McKean
Passed Assistant Surgeon Ammen Farenholt
Ensign Waldo Evans
Second Lieutenant John T. Myers, USMC
U.S. Naval Historical Center Photograph. Photo #NH 54146 |
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USS Charleston (Cruiser No. 2) - Halftone photograph, from a contemporary publication, showing Brigadier General Thomas B. Anderson, U.S. Army, and his staff visiting the cruiser at Honolulu, 2 June 1898. Anderson was in command of the first expedition of troops sent to the Philippines, convoyed by Charleston from Honolulu to Manila. He was a son of Major General Robert Anderson, who had commanded Fort Sumter at the beginning of the Civil War. Note breech of 6-inch gun and carved wooden entryway sideboard at left, and boat stowage overhead.
U.S. Naval Historical Center Photograph. Photo #NH 55562. |
Robert Hurst |
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An undated photo shows Sailors of USS
Charleston (Cruiser No. 2) manning one of the ship's guns during the Spanish-American
War. Naval History and Heritage Command photo archives staff members
are scanning a wooden box containing approximately 150 glass plate photographs
depicting scenes from the Spanish-American and Philippine Wars.
U.S. Navy photo #140211-N-ZZ999-002 courtesy of Naval History and Heritage
Command
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Robert M. Cieri |
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USS Charleston (Cruiser No. 2) Off Hong Kong in 1898, wearing grey "war
paint".
U.S. Naval Historical Center Photograph.
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Fred Weiss |
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USS Charleston (Cruiser No. 2) At Manila, Philippines, in 1898. She had
convoyed the first U.S. troops to Manila in May-June of that year, capturing
Guam while en route. Collection of Rear Admiral Ammen Farenholt, USN(MC).
U.S. Naval Historical Center Photograph.
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