USS Arctic (AG, 1898): Photographs

USS Arctic (1898-1898)

Photographed circa August 1898 with her "gallant jackies" posing on the forecastle with their 60-pounder Civil War-vintage Parrott rifled gun.
The ship was loaned to the Navy by the City of Philadelphia for use in the coast defense system of the Delaware River.

Photo No. NH 57632
Source: U.S. Naval History and Heritage Command.

USS Arctic (1898-1898)

A starboard quarter view taken in mid-1898.
The vessel appears to have been a double ender, with a small pilot house aft and capable of breaking ice in either direction. The turret of the Civil War monitor Canonicus is visible behind her.

Photo No. 19-N-14959, ex 19-17-2
Source: U.S. National Archives, RG-19-N box 32.

USS Arctic (1898-1898) Photographed circa August 1898 with her "gallant jackies" posing on the forecastle with their 60-pounder Civil War-vintage Parrott rifled gun. The ship was loaned to the Navy by the City of Philadelphia for use in the coast defense system of the Delaware River. Photo No. NH 57632 Source: U.S. Naval History and Heritage Command.
USS Arctic (1898-1898) A starboard quarter view taken in mid-1898. The vessel appears to have been a double ender, with a small pilot house aft and capable of breaking ice in either direction. The turret of the Civil War monitor Canonicus is visible behind her. Photo No. 19-N-14959, ex 19-17-2 Source: U.S. National Archives, RG-19-N box 32.