DEPARTMENT OF THE NAVY -- NAVAL HISTORICAL CENTER
805 KIDDER BREESE SE -- WASHINGTON NAVY YARD
WASHINGTON DC 20374-5060
Online Library of Selected Images -- Picture Data
Photo #: NH 2001
Action between USS Constitution and HMS Guerriere,
19 August 1812
Line engraving by D. Kimberly after a painting by Thomas Birch, published during the 19th Century by Samuel Walker, Boston. It depicts the dismasting of the British frigate Guerriere.
U.S. Naval Historical Center Photograph.
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