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Photo # NH 58880 USS Merrimack is destroyed in the burning of the Norfolk Navy Yard, April 1861
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"'Merrimac' Destroyed at the Burning of the Norfolk Navy Yard, April 19, 1861."
Halftone reproduction, copyrighted in 1906 by G.S. Richardson, depicting the USS Merrimack aflame during the burning of the Norfolk Navy Yard, 20 April 1861.
U.S. Naval Historical Center Photograph.
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