Naval War Collection

Barbary Pirates threatening US commander Stephen Decatur
Commodore Stephen Decaturs life saved in a shipboard battle off Algeria. Color lithograph

US Navy base at Sackets Harbor, NY, 1814
Sackets Harbor on Lake Ontario in 1814, a US Naval station in the War of 1812. Hand-colored woodcut of a 19th century illustration

British evacuation of Charleston SC, 1782
Charleston, South Carolina, abandoned by the British near the end of the Revolutionary War. Hand-colored halftone reproduction of a 19th-century illustration

US naval bombardment of Matanzas, Cuba, during the Spanish-American War, 1898
NWI4712495 US naval bombardment of Matanzas, Cuba, during the Spanish-American War, 1898.; (add.info.: US naval bombardment of Matanzas, Cuba, during the Spanish-American War)

Duilius Corvus (boarding device) on Roman galley warship
STC255236 Duilius Corvus (boarding device) on Roman galley warship, by Jacques Grasset de Saint-Sauveur (1757-1810), 1825 (colour litho) by Grasset de Saint-Sauveur

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British ships blockading Chesapeake Bay at the outset of the War of 1812. Hand-colored halftone of a 19th century illustration

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Ark Royal, the flagship which led the English fleet against the Spanish Armada, 1588. Hand-colored woodcut reproducing a 16th century illustration

Barbary Pirates attacked in Algiers, 1541
Emperor Charles Vs attempt to capture Algiers, home of the Barbary Pirates, 1541. Hand-colored woodcut reproduction of an earlier illustration

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British Navy under Lord Howe saiing from Spithead for battles off the coast of France, 1794. Printed color lithogragh of a 19th-century illustration

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Union gunboats and steamships passing the Confederate stronghold Vicksburg, on the Mississippi River, night of April 16, 1863. Hand-colored woodcut of a 19th century illustration

British Navy bombarding the shores of Chesapeake Bay, War of 1812
Fort McHenry and Baltimore under British naval artillery attack, 1814. Hand-colored woodcut of a 19th-century illustration

Hand-colored engraving
Siege of Charleston, South Carolina. by the British during the American Revolution. Hand-colored engraving of a 19th-century illustration

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Routes of the American ships Ranger and Bonhomme Richard raiding the British Isles during the American Revolution. Hand-colored woodcut of a 19th-century illustration

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Sailing-ship firing on a fort in Jamaica during colonial times. Hand-colored woodcut

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Ironclad " Merrimac, " cheered by the Confederate battery on Craney Island, embarking to attack the Union fleet, 1862. Hand-colored woodcut of a 19th century illustration

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British attack on Fort Moultrie in Charleston harbor, 1776. Hand-colored woodcut of a 19th-century illustration

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Destruction of British frigate " Sharon" during the battle of Yorktown, 1781. Hand-colored woodcut of a 19th-century illustration

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