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299k | Print of Screw steamer USS Hartford © "Ships of the Civil War 1861-1865: An Illustrated Guide to the Fighting Vessels of the Union and the Confederacy", by Kevin J. Dougherty, September 19, 2013 |
Tommy Trampp | |
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325k | Screw steamer USS Hartford as originally fitted, circa 1859-1860. US Library of Congress; LC-B8184-10650 (Lot 4182, no. 134). |
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179k | Capture of New Orleans by Union Flag Officer David G. Farragut. The screw sloop of war USS Hartford in in the center of this painting by Julian Oliver Davidson (1853-1894). | Robert Hurst | |
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127k | USS Hartford US Library of Congress image from "An Illustrated History of the United States Navy" by Chester G. Hearn. |
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128k | USS Hartford while running Fort St. Philip ran into a load of trouble. The Confederate tug
Mosher laid a fire raft beside Farragut's flagship and set her on fire. The signal officer on Hartford dropped a few shells onto the fire raft and blew it up. Hosed down, Hartford steered up river with her port beam still smoldering. US Library of Congress image from "An Illustrated History of the United States Navy" by Chester G. Hearn. |
Robert Hurst | |
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388k | USS Hartford attacked by a fire raft at the Battle of Forts Jackson and St. Philip, pushed by the Confederate tugboat
Mosher. Engraving by J.O. Davidson. Image from p.88 of the book "Battles and Leaders of the Civil War, being for the most part contributions by Union and Confederate officers, based upon the Century War Series", volume 2. Courtesy of the British Library from its digital collections. |
Robert Hurst | |
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79k | "Panoramic View of the United States Fleet passing the Forts on the Mississippi, on its way to New Orleans, April 19th, 1862." Contemporary line engraving published in "The Soldier in our Civil War", Volume I. It depicts the Federal ships shortly before they began the passage of the forts, with the Confederate gunboats waiting upstream. Individual U.S. Navy ships (as identified in text below the engraving) are: USS John P. Jackson; USS Mississippi; USS Pensacola; USS Hartford (Flagship); USS Iroquois; USS Westfield; USS Cayuga; and USS Varuna; US Naval History and Heritage Command Photo # NH 59063 |
Robert Hurst | |
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158k | Colored lithograph, published by Currier & Ives, 1862. The original print bears the following descriptive text: "Destruction of the Rebel gunboats, rams and iron clad batteries by the Union Fleet under Flag Officer Farragut. The attack was commenced on the 18th of April and continued until the 25th resulting in the capture of Forts Jackson, St. Phillip, Livingston, Pike and the city of New Orleans, as well as the destruction of all the enemy gunboats, rams, floating batteries (iron clad), fire rafts, booms and chains. The enemy with their own hands destroying cotton and shipping valued at from eight to ten millions of dollars. 'The sight of this night attack was awfully grand, the river was lit up with blazing rafts filled with pine knots and the ships seemed to be fighting literally amidst flames and smoke.'" In this view, ships are identified as (starting at top left center, up the river, running down to the right, then across toward the left): Confederate steamers; USS Cayuga (leading the Union column), USS Pensacola, burning confederate steamer, USS Varuna, USS Oneida, USS Mississippi (engaging the ram CSS Manassas), USS Richmond, USS Kineo, USS Hartford (flagship, in collision with a fire raft), USS Brooklyn and USS Winona. A Confederate fire raft is in the lower right. Fort St. Phillip is shown at right and Fort Jackson at left. Courtesy of the U.S. Navy Art Collection, Washington, D.C. |
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137k | Line engraving published in "Virtue", depicting the battle, which took place on the lower Mississippi River during the night of 24 April 1862.
A key to the forts and specific U.S. and Confederate ships is given at the bottom of the view. The ships include
USS Varuna (in action with Confederate gunboats),
USS Brooklyn,
USS Pawnee (not shown),
USS Hartford (Farragut's flagship, with a fire raft alongside),
USS Pensacola,
USS Mississippi,
CSS Louisiana (exploding),
CSS Manassas and Federal mortar vessels.
US Naval History and Heritage Command photo # NH 59071 |
Robert Hurst | |
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40k | The deck plate that Farragut stood on before ascending the rigging of USS Hartford, preserved at the Fort Gaines museum. | Tommy Trampp | |
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192k | With his fleet at risk, Farragut lashed himself to the masts of USS Hartford and directed the fleet from the rigging with his force of will and a megaphone | Tommy Trampp | |
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196k | USS Kineo and USS Hartford, on the right,
docked at Hill & Markham coaling yard, Baton Rouge, LA. in March 1863. Sterograph from the Library of Congress, Civil War Photograph Collection. |
Tommy Trampp | |
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102k | Admiral Farragut's flagship USS Hartford arriving at New York and returning the salutes of foreign frigates.
"Harper's Weekly", August 29, 1863, page 548 |
Tommy Trampp | |
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153k | "Battle of Mobile Bay, August 5, 1864" Reproduction of an 1864 pen & ink drawing by George S. Waterman, C.S.N., depicting the action as seen from above and inside the entrance to Mobile Bay. Confederate ships present are (as identified on the drawing); CSS Selma CSS Morgan CSS Gaines (shown twice, in the battle line, and beached off Fort Morgan after the battle) and CSS Tennessee. Union monitors shown are (from the front of the line); (sinking after striking a mine), USS Manhattan USS Winnebago and USS Chickasaw. The leading two steam sloops in the Union line are USS Brooklyn and USS Hartford. Small diagram in the lower right represents the various efforts by Union ships to ram Tennessee later in the action. US Naval History and Heritage Command Photo # NH 42392 |
Robert Hurst | |
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156k | Flag Officer Farragut ship's passing Fort Morgan during the Battle of Mobile Bay, 5 August 1864. Drawing from the book
"Under Both Flags" Veteran Publishing Co., © 1896. From left to right:
USS Manhattan USS Tecumseh USS Brooklyn USS Octorara USS Hartford USS Metacomet USS Richmond USS Port Royal USS Lackawanna USS Seminole USS Monongahela and USS Kennebec |
Tommy Trampp | |
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49k | Outline drawing of hits received by USS Hartford during the Battle of Mobile Bay. | Tommy Trampp | |
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173k | "Quartermasters who steered U.S.S. Hartford in the Battle of Mobile Bay, 5 August 1864 - Left to right: John McFarland, Van Ness and James Ford. Note the size of the wheel, the "spit-kid" for the helmsman, the large binnacles, and the lee helmsman in the background. (From a photograph entered in the clerk's office for Eastern District of Louisiana, to November 1864." From "Naval Customs Traditions and Usage" by Leland P. Lovette (1939). | Tommy Trampp | |
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209k | "Spar deck of U.S.S. Hartford-Note the short jackets, cap and straw hat worn by the two officers in the foreground. (From a photograph entered in the clerk's office for Eastern District of Louisiana, 10 November 1864." From "Naval Customs Traditions and Usage" by Leland P. Lovette (1939). | Tommy Trampp | |
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271k | "Farragut at Mobile Bay " U.S.S. Hartford and
CSS Tennessee at close quarters at Mobile Bay, 5 August 1864.
Naval Records and Library, Navy Department, from a painting by W. H. Overend "Naval Customs Traditions and Usage by Leland P. Lovette (1939)" |
Tommy Trampp | |
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172k | An original hand colored glass slide measuring approximately 3 1/4 x 4 inches of by Swedish artist William Heysham Overend, which depicts "Farragut at Mobile Bay." Farragut observing muzzle-to-muzzle action between USS Hartford and CSS Tennessee at Mobile Bay. | Tommy Trampp | |
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101k | USS Hartford at anchor on the Mississippi River. A Library of Congress image from "An Illustrated History of the United States Navy" by Chester G. Hearn. |
Robert Hurst | |
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108k | Starboard side view of Sloop-of-War USS Hartford, a painting by E. Arnold.
National Archives and Records Administration, cataloged under the National Archives Identifier (NAID) 512953 |
Robert Hurst | |
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284k | The Sloop-of-War USS Hartford, Admiral Farragut's flagship waits to be "coaled" in harbor, date and location unknown. Photo by Mathew B. Brady from the collection the Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division. |
Tommy Trampp | |
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169k | USS Hartford as she appeared in the 1870s, with a complete spar deck. US Naval History and Heritage Command photo # unknown. |
Robert Hurst | |
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205k | Photograph taken on board USS Hartford at Hampton Roads, VA., winter 1876-77, by order of Chaplain David H. Tribue, USN. The men present are: (Front row, left to right) Seaman James H. Bell and Quartermaster Thomas Trueman; (Second row, left to right) Boatswain's Mate Peter Eagen, Seaman Isaac Turner and Schoolmaster James Connell; (Rear row, left to right) Boatswain's Mate Edward Nash, Boatswain's Mate David Clark, Seaman William McNulty, Quarter Gunner William Harrington and Gunner's Mate Albert Allen. Photograph received from the Portsmouth Naval Shipyard, Kittery, Maine, 4 November 1935. US Naval History and Heritage Command Photo # NH 63037 |
Robert Hurst | |
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239k | Image of the "Funeral of the Late [RADM.] Henry H. Bell USN, of the Asiatic Squadron of the United States Navy, at Hiogo, Japan,
14 January 1868. Engraving after a sketch by Frederick G.S. Melbye, published in Harper's Weekly, 4 April 1868. Rear Admiral Bell was drowned in a boat accident off
Osaka, Japan, on 11 January 1868. U.S. Navy ships present are (from center to right):
USS Shenandoah, USS Hartford (Squadron flagship) and USS Oneida. A Japanese sampan and U.S. and British barges are also present, the boat on the left foreground is flying the Chaplain's flag. U.S. Naval History and Heritage Command Photo # NH 95124 |
Robert Hurst | |
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164k | USS Hartford in the floating dry dock at Mare Island Navy Yard, CA. in 1885. Hartford was in this sectional dock
from 22 July to 1 August 1885 as per the Captain of the Yard log book.
US Naval History and Heritage Command photo # NH 68680, from the William H. Topley Collection. Courtesy of Mr. Charles M. Loring, Napa, CA., 1969. |
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353k | Starboard side view of USS Hartford while under reconstruction at Mare Island Navy Yard, 30 August 1895. Hartford is just south of the shipyard’s stone dock (dry dock #1). File name: IX 13 Aug301895, Navy Photo, 8/30/1895. |
Darryl Baker | |
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330k | Port side view of USS Hartford while under reconstruction at Mare Island Navy Yard, 31 August 1895. File name: IX 13 Aug311895, Navy Photo, 8/31/1895. |
Darryl Baker | |
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421k | Port side view of USS Hartford while under reconstruction at Mare Island Navy Yard, Her hull is now protected by temporary tent structure, 1895-96. File name: IX 13 Y-11, Navy Photo, circa 1895-96. |
Darryl Baker | |
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370k | Forward starboard quarter view of the hull of USS Hartford in Mare Island’s dry dock #1 between 23 July and 3 August 1898. File name: IX 13 DD1 1898-1, Navy Photo, 7/26-8/2/1898. |
Darryl Baker | |
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504k | Yard workers replacing the bottom planking of USS Hartford while in dry dock #1 at Mare Island. File name: IX 13 Y-1, Navy Photo, October-November 1899. |
Darryl Baker | |
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422k | Yard workers replacing the rudder and screw of USS Hartford in Mare Island Navy Yard’s dry dock #1 in the spring or summer on 1899. Hartford was in dry dock at the yard during two periods, 23 May to 19 July 1888 and 20 July to 16 August 1899. File names: IX 13 Y-14-1 and IX 13-14-2, Navy Photos, circa 1899. |
Darryl Baker | |
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282k | Port side view of USS Hartford in August/September of 1899 at Mare Island. She is located alongside the yard’s shears crane (the tripod structure behind the main mast) likely setting the main mast. File name: IX 13 Hist. 89 At Shears, Navy Photo, circa 1899. |
Darryl Baker | |
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479k | A Cyanotype photo of the port side of USS Hartford 17 August 1899 at Mare Island Navy Yard.
File name: IX 13 1899-8-1 a US Navy photo now in the collections of the Vallejo Naval & Historical Museum |
Darryl Baker | |
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307k | Commissioning ceremonies aboard USS Hartford at Mare Island on 2 October 1899. File name: IX 13 Z-5, Navy Photo, 10/2/1899. |
Darryl Baker | |
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376k | Bow view of USS Hartford in commission at Mare Island in October 1899. File name: IX 13 Y-4, Navy Photo, October 1899. |
Darryl Baker | |
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343k | Stern view of USS Hartford in Mare Island’s dry dock #1 in October/November 1899. File name: IX 13 Y-9, Navy Photo, October-November 1899. |
Darryl Baker | |
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480k | A 5" gun aboard USS Hartford's at Mare Island Navy Yard in November 1899. File name: IX 13 Z-8 5 inch gun, Navy Photo, November 1899. |
Darryl Baker | |
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185k | USS Hartford departing Mare Island in December 1899. File name: IX 13 Y-16, IX 13 Y-10 and IX 13 Z-4, Navy Photos, December 1899 |
Darryl Baker | |
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64k | Sloop-of-War USS Hartford at anchor, date and location unknown. US Navy photo from "Warship Boneyards", by Kit and Carolyn Bonner. |
Robert Hurst | |
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249k | Sloop-of-War USS Hartford moored to a buoy at Mare Island Navy Yard, Vallejo, CA., circa 1884 and 1899. Photo courtesy Conway Picture Library, "Conways All The World's Fighting Ships 1860-1905". | Robert Hurst | |
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376k | USS Hartford under sail in the 1870s, location unknown. Image is labeled "Farraguts Flagship Hartford" ©1905 Detroit Publishing Co. | Darryl Baker | |
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691k | USS Hartford under way, 9 April 1901. US Navy photo # NR&L(O) 11193 courtesy Mrs. Anderson. |
Brian Blair | |
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156k | USS Hartford, USS Chesapeake;
and USS Santee at dockside, circa early 1905. Probably taken at
US Naval Academy, Annapolis, MD.
US Naval History and Heritage Command photo # NH 64846 |
Robert Hurst | |
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143k | United States training ship USS Hartford anchored in Pensacola harbor in 1904.
The Bliss Magazine, Charles Henry Bliss (1860-1907), Pub. C. H. Bliss, Pensacola. File:United States Trainingship Hartford.jpg - Wikimedia Commons | Robert Hurst | |
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820k | USS Hartford under way in Long Island Sound, 8 October 1905. US Navy photo # NR&L(O) 16422 |
Brian Blair | |
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1126k | USS Hartford crew photo, date and location unknown. US Navy photo # NR&L(O) 1942 |
Brian Blair | |
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47k | USS Hartford at anchor, circa 1905, location unknown. Probably during the Saturday morning inspection of ships company. Photo from the Detroit Publishing Company Photograph Collection, US Library of Congress. |
Tommy Trampp | |
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59k | USS Hartford at anchor, circa 1905, location unknown, gun drill, starboard side aft. Photo from the Detroit Publishing Company Photograph Collection, US Library of Congress. |
Tommy Trampp | |
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350k | Post card image of Sloop-of-War USS Hartford after being rebuilt at Mare Island (1890 to 1899) underway, circa October 1899-October 1912. During this period Hartford was in commission as a Training Ship. | Arnold A. Putnam and Robert Hurst | |
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282k | Post card image of Sloop-of-War USS Hartford at anchor, date and location unknown. | Tommy Trampp | |
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223k | Sloop-of-War USS Hartford underway, probably while serving as a training ship, date and location unknown.
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292k | Post card image of Sloop-of-War USS Hartford underway as a Training Ship, circa 1899-October 1912, location unknown. Published by Edward H. Mitchell, San Francisco. |
Tommy Trampp | |
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258k | Post card image of Sloop-of-War USS Hartford at anchor while assigned as a Training Ship, circa 1899-October 1912, location unknown. | Tommy Trampp | |
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123k | USS Hartford under full sail, date and location unknown. US Navy photo from the collections of the US Navy Memorial. |
Stan Svec | |
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58k | Sloop-of-War USS Hartford at anchor in 1899, location unknown. Photo from the book "U.S. Warships of World War 1", courtesy Paul H. Silverstone |
Robert Hurst | |
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137k | Sloop-of-War USS Hartford moored at Navy Yard Charleston, S.C., circa 1912. Hartford was the receiving ship at the Charleston Yard, from 1912 to 1938. Navy Yard Charleston photo. |
Robert Hall | |
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105k | Sloop-of-War USS Hartford moored at Navy Yard Charleston, S.C., decked out in flags for George Washington's Birthday, 1914. Navy Yard Charleston, S.C. photo. |
Robert Hall | |
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70k | USS Hartford station ship for Navy Yard Charleston, S.C. moored in the background of this, circa Christmas 1918 photo of O" class submarines. USS O-10 (Submarine # 71) is partially visible at the extreme left. USS O-7 (Submarine # 68) is in the middle of this nest of five submarines. Note holiday greenery displayed on the submarines' superstructures and masts. US Naval History and Heritage Command photo # NH 103437, from the collection of Christopher H.W. Lloyd. Donated by Virginia Agostini, 1990. U.S |
Robert Hurst | |
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50k | USS Hartford station ship for Navy Yard Charleston, S.C. moored pierside, date unknown. | Robert Hall | |
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109k | Charleston Navy Yard Ship Yard Store House Construction. Note USS Hartford in the background
Contributed by Don Campanaga, archives office |
Robert Hall | |
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105k | Sloop-of-War USS Hartford (IX-13) moored at Navy Yard Charleston, S.C. in 1924. Navy Yard Charleston, S.C. photo. |
Robert Hall | |
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666k | Sloop-of-War USS Hartford (IX-13) drydocked at Navy Yard Charleston, S.C., 18 September 1924. View of starboard sheathing aft of midships. Navy Yard Charleston, S.C. photo # 4622. |
Robert Hall | |
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368k | Sloop-of-War USS Hartford (IX-13) drydocked at Navy Yard Charleston, S.C., 18 September 1924. View of starboard sheathing forward of midships. Navy Yard Charleston, S.C. photo # 4619. |
Robert Hall | |
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843k | Sloop-of-War USS Hartford (IX-13) drydocked at Navy Yard Charleston, S.C., 18 September 1924. View of port sheathing aft of midships. Navy Yard Charleston, S.C. photo # 4616. |
Robert Hall | |
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710k | Sloop-of-War USS Hartford (IX-13) drydocked at Navy Yard Charleston, S.C., 18 September 1924. View of port sheathing forward of midships. Navy Yard Charleston, S.C. photo # 4614. |
Robert Hall | |
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623k | Sloop-of-War USS Hartford (IX-13) drydocked at Navy Yard Charleston, S.C., 18 September 1924. View of starboard sheathing at the stern. Navy Yard Charleston, S.C. photo # 4621. |
Robert Hall | |
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576k | Sloop-of-War USS Hartford (IX-13) drydocked at Navy Yard Charleston, S.C., 18
September 1924. View of starboard bow sheathing. Navy Yard Charleston, S.C. photo # 4618. |
Robert Hall | |
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215k | Sloop-of-War USS Hartford (IX-13) moored at Navy Yard Charleston, S.C., serving as the shipyards receiving and barracks ship, circa 1928. | Robert Hall | |
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215k | Aerial view of the Navy Yard at Charleston, S.C. with the decommissioned Sloop-of-War Hartford (IX-13) moored to the quay wall, lower right, serving as the shipyards receiving and barracks ship, circa 1930. | Robert Hall | |
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119k | Sloop-of-War Hartford (IX-13) moored at Charleston Navy Yard, circa 3 May 1933. - Wirephoto caption reads "Roosevelt to Rescue Historic Ship. The historic frigate Hartford, Admiral Farragut's flagship during the war between the states was a pretty sorry sight as she rotted at a dock here today - but happier days are ahead. President Roosevelt sighted her as he sailed from this port the other day and promised to put through a WPA project to rescue her." | Tommy Trampp | |
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204k | The decommissioned Sloop-of-War Hartford (IX-13) engine room, 1938. | Robert Hall | |
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375k | The decommissioned Sloop-of-War Hartford (IX-13) moored at Navy Yard Charleston, S.C. just prior to her 1938 dry docking. Notice the WPA project in the foreground of this photos. | Robert Hall | |
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376k | Starboard side view of the decommissioned Sloop-of-War Hartford (IX-13) drydocked at Navy Yard Charleston, S.C. while undergoing rehabilitation, 1 August 1938. Navy Yard Charleston photo. |
Robert Hall | |
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613k | Stern view of the decommissioned Sloop-of-War Hartford (IX-13) drydocked at Navy Yard Charleston, S.C. while undergoing rehabilitation, 1 August 1938. Navy Yard Charleston photo # 332-38. |
Robert Hall | |
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395k | Starboard side view of the decommissioned Sloop-of-War Hartford (IX-13) drydocked at Navy Yard Charleston, S.C. while undergoing rehabilitation, 15 August 1938. Navy Yard Charleston photo # 397-38. |
Robert Hall | |
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254k | Port side view of the decommissioned Sloop-of-War Hartford (IX-13) drydocked at Navy Yard Charleston, S.C. while undergoing rehabilitation, 15 August 1938. Navy Yard Charleston photo # 398-38. |
Robert Hall | |
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347k | Starboard side view of the decommissioned Sloop-of-War Hartford (IX-13) moored at Navy Yard Charleston, S.C. while undergoing rehabilitation, 10 November dry docking. Navy Yard Charleston photo # 619-38. |
Robert Hall | |
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349k | Starboard side view of the decommissioned Sloop-of-War Hartford (IX-13) moored at Navy Yard Charleston, S.C. while undergoing rehabilitation, 6 December 1938. Navy Yard Charleston photo # 398-38. |
Robert Hall | |
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316k | Port side view of the decommissioned Sloop-of-War Hartford (IX-13) moored at Navy Yard Charleston, S.C., undergoing rehabilitation, 4 January 1939. Navy Yard Charleston photo # 9-39. |
Robert Hall | |
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316k | Port side view of the decommissioned Sloop-of-War Hartford moored at Navy Yard Charleston, S.C., 1 March 1939. Navy Yard Charleston photo # 140-39. |
Robert Hall | |
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122k | Potomac River Flood, October 1942. View of the Anacostia River waterfront, looking southeasterly from over the Washington Navy Yard, showing
flood conditions. The 11th Street Bridge is at left, with the southeastern portion of the Navy Yard in the lower part of the view and part of the Anacostia Naval Station
on the opposite side of the river. Ships in the river include USS Hartford (IX-13), in center; USS Dauntless (PG-61), tied up to one of the Navy Yard's piers at right; and USS Sequoia (AG-23), moored in the middle of the river at right. Note how far the flood waters have advanced up the Navy Yard's streets, well beyond Buildings # 1 and 76, in the lower right center. US Naval History and Heritage Command Photo # NH 82601. |
Robert Hurst | |
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122k | Sloop-of-War Hartford, at St. Helena Naval Annex, Portsmouth, VA., 1954 | Stanley Svec | |
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65k | Ex-Hartford (IX-13) bow on view, after sinking at her moorings in Norfolk, VA on 20 November 1956 and being refloated, 16 August 1957 | Photo by Raymond A. Biswanger, Jr., Ph.D., LT. USN (Ret) | |
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84k | Ex-Hartford (IX-13) hulk being pumped out to keep her afloat after sinking on 20 November 1956. Photo dated, 16 August 1957 | Photo by Raymond A. Biswanger, Jr., Ph.D., LT. USN (Ret) | |
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88k | Ex-Hartford (IX-13)'s main deck looking aft, 16 August 1957. On 5 August 1864 when Admiral David Glasgow Farragut was told that Mobile Bay had probably been mined by the Confederates, he shouted his famous order from the deck of Hartford: "Damn the torpedoes! Full speed ahead!" | Photo by Raymond A. Biswanger, Jr., Ph.D., LT. USN (Ret) | |
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86k | Ex-Hartford (IX-13)'s main deck looking aft, 16 August 1957, Portsmouth, VA. | Photo by Raymond A. Biswanger, Jr., Ph.D., LT. USN (Ret) | |
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124k | Ex-Hartford (IX-13)'s main deck looking aft, 16 August 1957, Portsmouth, VA. | Photo by Raymond A. Biswanger, Jr., Ph.D., LT. USN (Ret) | |
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73k | Ex-Hartford (IX-13) at her mooring in Portsmouth, VA., 16 August 1957. | Photo by Raymond A. Biswanger, Jr., Ph.D., LT. USN (Ret) | |
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78k | Ex-Hartford (IX-13) at her mooring in Portsmouth, VA., 16 August 1957. | Photo by Raymond A. Biswanger, Jr., Ph.D., LT. USN (Ret) | |
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91k | Anchor of the Screw Sloop-of-War USS Hartford at Mystic Seaport, Mystic, CT., one of the few relics of the ship that remain. 9 July 1960 | Photo by Raymond A. Biswanger, Jr., Ph.D., LT. USN (Ret) | |
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80k | Commemorative plaque for one of the 30 pdr. Parrott Rifles from the Screw Sloop-of-War USS Hartford at the village of Freeport, N.Y. | Raymond A. Biswanger, Jr., Ph.D., LT. USN (Ret) | |
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37k | Wheel and Fife Rail for the Screw Sloop-of-War USS Hartford on display at the US Naval Historical Center, Washington Navy Yard, Washington, D.C. | Raymond A. Biswanger, Jr., Ph.D., LT. USN (Ret) | |
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50k | One of USS Hartford's 9" Dahlgren Naval Guns on display at Hagerstown, MD. | Raymond A. Biswanger, Jr., Ph.D., LT. USN (Ret) | |
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494k | A 10" Dahlgren smooth bore cannon from USS Hartford at Mare Island's Alden Park, April 1980. File name: IX 13 165643-4-80, Navy Photo April 1980. |
Darryl Baker | |
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160k | Photo of a USS Hartford smooth bore cannon on display at Mauston, Wisconsin, date unknown. Post card by Northern Photo Co., Wausau, Wisconsin |
Thomas Becher | |
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466k | Photo of the original cathead plate from USS Hartford photographed in now in September 1959 and now on display as a plaque at the Shipyard Museum at Mare Island. File name: IX 13 45699-9-59, Navy Photo, Sept 1959. |
Darryl Baker | |
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138k | Ordinary Seaman Bartholemew Diggins USN served in USS Hartford and received a Medal of Honor for "gallant and meritorious conduct in the presence of the enemy, he having been commended by name in the official report of the officer commanding the gun division in which he served in Hartford, on the 5th of August, 1864, in the action against Fort Morgan and the enemy's vessels in Mobile Bay, having served with credit in all the engagements in which Hartford participated during the years 1862, 1863 and 1864, and was four times wounded. Medal awarded Nov. 12, 1891. | Bill Gonyo | |
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57k | Landsman John Lawson, USN was awarded the Medal of Honor for heroism aboard USS Hartford during the Battle of Mobile Bay, 5
August 1864. Copied from "Deeds of Valor, Volume II", page 70, published in 1907 by the Perrien-Keydel Co., Detroit, Michigan.
US Naval Historical Center Photograph. Photo # NH 79929. |
Robert Hurst | |
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79k | A photograph of U.S. Navy poster of Landsman John Lawson, USN, (1837-1919). John Lawson was awarded the Medal of Honor for heroism aboard
USS Hartford during the Battle of Mobile Bay, 5 August 1864.
US Naval Historical Center Photograph. Photo # NH 103781.. |
Robert Hurst | |
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268k | This size 6 boat flag was flown by the gig of USS Hartford in 1901. US Navy photo # 34-1-C from the Collection of the Curator Branch; Naval History and Heritage Command. |
Robert Hurst | |
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46k | USS Hartford 33¢ stamp issued by the Marshall Islands, 1998.
"History's Greatest Fighting Ships" mint sheet of 25 stamps. |
Tommy Trampp | |
| Commanding Officers | ||
| 01 | CAPT. Lowndes, Charles, USN | 27 May 1859 - 16 August 1862 |
| 02 | CAPT. Palmer, James Shedden, USN | 16 August 1862 - 1863 |
| 03 | CAPT. Lee, Samuel P. | 1863 - 1863 |
| 04 | CAPT. Jenkins, Thornton A. :RADM | 1863 - 1864 |
| 05 | CAPT. Deayton, Percival USN | 1864 - 13 December 1864 |
| In Ordinary at New York City | 13 December 1864 - 20 May 1865 | |
| 06 | CDR. Shufeldt, Robert W., USN | 20 May 1865 - 13 April 1867 |
| 07 | LCDR. Carpenter, Charles Carroll, USN (USNA 1850) | 13 April 1867 - 1868 |
| Decommissioned at New York City | 1868 - 9 October 1872 | |
| 08 | LCDR. Philip, John Woodward, USN (USNA 1861) | 9 October 1872 - 1 July 1873 |
| 09 | CAPT. Colhoun, Edward R., USN | 1 July 1873 - 20 November 1874 |
| 10 | CAPT. DeKrafft, John Charles P., USN | 20 November 1874 - 28 December 1875 |
| 11 | CAPT. Luce, Stephen Bleeker, USN (USNA 1841) | 28 December 1875 - 19 August 1877 |
| 12 | CAPT. Mayo, William Kennon, USN (USNA 1841) | 19 August 1877 - 15 January 1879 |
| 13 | LCDR. Harrington, Purnell Frederick, USN (USNA 1864) | 15 January 1879 - 26 April 1879 |
| 14 | CAPT. Greer, James Augustin, USN (USNA 1851) | 26 April 1879 - 25 November 1879 |
| Decommissioned at Boston | 25 November 1879 - 1 October 1881 | |
| 15 | CAPT. Lull, Edward Phelps, USN (USNA 1851) | 1 October 1881 - 25 May 1886 |
| 16 | CAPT. Gillis, James Henry, USN (USNA 1854) | 25 May 1886 - 24 January 1887 |
| Decommissioned at Mare Island | 24 January 1887 - 2 October 1899 | |
| 17 | LCDR. Hawley, John Mitchell, USN (USNA 1868) | 2 October 1899 - 23 November 1901 |
| 18 | CAPT. Reeder, William Keron, USN (USNA 1867) | 23 November 1901 - 20 November 1903 |
| 19 | CDR. Veeder, Ten Eyck De Witt, USN (USNA 1872) | 20 November 1903 - 5 October 1907 |
| 20 | CDR. Niblack, Albert Parker, USN (USNA 1880) | 5 October 1907 - 7 June 1909 |
| 21 | CDR. Hood, John, USN (USNA 1879) | 7 June 1909 - 11 June 1910 |
| 22 | CDR. Scales, Archibald Henderson, USN (USNA 1887) | 11 June 1910 - 12 October 1910 |
| 23 | CDR. Cole, William Carey, USN (USNA 1889) | 12 October 1910 - 28 December 1911 |
| 24 | CDR. Irwin, Noble Edward, USN (USNA 1891) | 28 December 1911 - 25 November 1913 |
| 25 | CDR. Terhune, Warren Jay, USN (USNA 1889) | 25 November 1913 - 30 July 1915 |
| 26 | CDR. Morrison, Farmer, USN (USNA 1899) | 30 July 1915 - 27 September 1918 |
| 27 | CDR. Ellis, Mark St. Clair, USN (USNA 1896) | 27 September 1918 - 9 October 1919 |
| 28 | LCDR. Hammes, Roman Burchart, USN (USNA 1910) | 9 October 1919 - 19 October 1919 |
| 29 | LCDR. Williams, Hilary, USN (USNA 1897) | 19 October 1919 - 3 January 1922 |
| 30 | CDR. Finney Jr., Earl Peck, USN (USNA 1902) | 3 January 1922 - 12 December 1923 |
| 31 | LT. Parker, Carter Earnest, USN | 12 December 1923 - 17 September 1925 |
| 32 | LTjg. Miller, Paul, USN (XO in Charge) | 17 September 1925 - 17 November 1925 |
| 33 | LT. Beaver, Lawrence Kirk, USN | 17 November 1925 - 20 August 1926 |
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