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English: "Destruction of Whale Ships off Cape Thaddeus Arctic Ocean June 23 1865 by the Conft Stmr Shenandoah"
Colored lithograph of an artwork by B. Russell, depicting CSS Shenandoah's assault on the U.S. whale ships in the Bering Sea area. Individual items shown are (from left to right): brig Susan Abigail (burning); ship Euphrates (burning--distant); CSS Shenandoah; ship Jerah Swift (burning--distant); ship William Thompson (burning--distant); ship Sophia Thornton (burning); whaleboat going to warn other whalers (very distant); ship Milo which carried the destroyed vessels' crews to San Francisco; ice in the distance. Collection of President Franklin D. Roosevelt. U.S. Naval Historical Center Photograph. Original caption: "Photo # NH 50454-KN "Destruction of Whale Ships ... by Conf. Stmr Shenandoah" " |
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| Source | Naval Historical Center Photo #: NH 50454-KN (color) |
| Author | B. Russell |
| Other versions | http://www.history.navy.mil/photos/sh-us-cs/csa-sh/csash-sz/shendoah.htm |
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| current | 19:00, 30 May 2012 | | 740 × 428 (62 KB) | Common Good | losslessly cropped caption bar |
| 22:38, 23 January 2010 |  | 740 × 485 (74 KB) | Marcus334 | {{Information |Description={{en|1=Photo #: NH 50454-KN (color) "Destruction of Whale Ships off Cape Thaddeus Arctic Ocean June 23 1865 by the Conft Stmr Shenandoah" Colored lithograph of an artwork by B. Russell, depicting CSS Shenandoah's assault on the |
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