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F. Gutekunst |
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English: From U.S. Navy public domain
Photo #: NH 1855 USS Kanawha (1862-1866) 19th Century phototype by F. Gutekunst, Philadelphia, depicting Kanawha "cutting out a blockade runner from under the guns of Fort Morgan", at the mouth of Mobile Bay, Alabama. There is no record of Kanawha capturing a steam blockade runner as depicted here, though she took several prizes while enforcing the blockade of Mobile Bay. U.S. Naval Historical Center Photograph. |
| Source/Photographer | http://www.history.navy.mil/photos/sh-usn/usnsh-k/kanawha.htm |
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| current | 11:56, 21 March 2008 | | 705 × 453 (111 KB) | Wikited | {{PD-USGov-Military-Navy}} From U.S. Navy public domain Photo #: NH 1855 USS Kanawha (1862-1866) 19th Century phototype by F. Gutekunst, Philadelphia, depicting Kanawha "cutting out a blockade runner from under the guns of Fort Morgan", at the mouth of |
