America (IX-41) Class: Photographs
| These photographs were selected to show the original configuration of this class and major subsequent modifications. For more views see the former NHHC (now Hyperwar) Online Library of Selected Images and the NavSource Photo Archive. |
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U. S. Yacht America (1862-1873) At the Boston Navy Yard in the summer of 1863 with the U.S. Practice Ship Marion (1839-1871) and, behind her, the line of battleship Ohio. America was serving as tender to Marion, a sailing sloop of war that acted as practice ship for the U.S. Naval Academy at Annapolis between 1862 and 1870, while Ohio was serving as receiving ship at the Boston Navy Yard. Photo No. NH 89400 Source: U.S. Naval History and Heritage Command |
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Racing yacht America (1851-1945) Under full sail, date unknown. Photo No. 19-N-9803 Source: U.S. Naval History and Heritage Command |
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Racing yacht America (1851-1945) Being towed out of Boston Harbor enroute to Annapolis, Md., in September 1921. Photo No. 6775505988 (?) Source: Boston Public Library (flickr) |
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USS America (IX-41) At the U.S. Naval Academy at Annapolis, Md., in 1930. Photo No. NH 84192 Source: U.S. Naval History and Heritage Command |
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USS America (IX-41) At the U.S. Naval Academy at Annapolis, Md., circa the 1930s. Photo No. None Source: Shipscribe |
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USS America (IX-41) The remains of the historic yacht at the Annapolis Yacht Yard after a snow-covered shed collapsed on her in late March 1942. Photo No. 19-N-113256 Source: U.S. National Archives, RG-19-LCM |
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