#passaic class

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"Civil War Ironclads at Sea"

Chromolithograph by Armstrong & Company, after an 1893 watercolor by Fred S. Cozzens, published in Our Navy Its Growth and Achievements, 1897.

Ships depicted are (from left to right): Monadnock class twin-turret monitor, Passaic class single-turret monitor, USS NAUGATUCK, USS KEOKUK, USS NEW IRONSIDES and USS NANTUCKET.

U.S. Naval History and Heritage Command: NH 464-KN

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USS JASON (1862) (ex-USS SANGAMON) being fitted out for service during the Spanish-American War at the New York Navy Yard, New York. She was stationed at Fisher’s Island, Long Island, New York to provide some protection against a perceived threat of a raid by Spanish cruisers.

Photographed on May 27, 1898.

U.S. Naval History and Heritage Command: NH 44266

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USS Nahant, USS Lehigh, USS Canonicus, USS Manhattan, USS Jason [exUSS Sangamon], USS Catskill, USS Montauk, USS Mahopac and USS Ajax laid up in ordinary at League Island Navy Yard, corca 1890 to 1901.

Library of Congress: LC-D401-21287