Lackawanna: general

1863-1885
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Lackawanna: general

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Lackawanna
Commissioned 1863
Sloop-of-War



From the private papers of William M.C. Philbrick, Carpenter's Mate, USS Portsmouth. (NH 51185)


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Photographed at Mare Island in 1881. The ship was configured thus between 1872-85, with
four ports forward of the forward pivot port, which is shown closed, and ship rig. (NH 516)




Stripped for action, at Pensacola, Florida, on 3 August 1864, just prior to the Battle of Mobile Bay. (NH 51184)



Crew at quarters for inspection, circa September 1880 to September 1881. (NH 51189)



Group of crewmen, photographed while on the South Pacific Station, 1880. (NH 51188)



Battalion dress parade from USS LACKAWANNA in front of the American consulate
at Yokohama, Japan. A.G. Kellogg, commanding. Thu, May 01, 1873 (NH 581)



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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Midway_Atoll wrote:While it could be argued that Midway became part of Hawaii when Captain N.C. Brooks of the sealing ship Gambia sighted it in 1859, it was assumed at the time that Midway was independently acquired by the United States when Captain William Reynolds of USS Lackawanna visited in 1867, and thus not part of the Hawaii Territory.
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8-) 8-) 8-)
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