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For Full Size Image Size Image Description Source 131k "Cutting Out of the Southern Schooner 'Aid,' off Mobile, by the Boats of the U. S. Steam Frigate Niagara, assisted by the U.S. Steamer Mount Vernon, June 5, 1861".
Line engraving published in Frank Leslie's Illustrated Newspaper, 1861. USS Niagara in in the far distance beyond the floundering schooner Aid. USS Mount Vernon is in the right foreground. US Naval Historical Center Photograph. Photo #: NH 59145 Robert Hurst 186k "Merchant Steamers Converted into Gun-boats."
Engraving published in "Harper's Weekly", July-December 1861 volume. Depicts thirteen merchant steamships acquired by the U.S. Navy between April and August 1861 and subsequently converted into warships, plus the steamer Nashville (far left), which became a Confederate cruiser. US Navy ships as identified below the image bottom, are (from left to right:
USS Alabama,
USS Quaker City,
USS Santiago de Cuba, (listed as "St. Jago de Cuba")
USS Mount Vernon,
USS Massachusetts,
USS South Carolina,
USS Florida,
USS De Soto,
USS Augusta,
USS James Adger,
USS Monticello,
USS Bienville and
USS R.R. Cuyler.
US Naval History and Heritage Command photo # NH 59366. Robert Hurst 158k Line engraving published in "Harper's Weekly", July-December 1861, pages 456-457, depicting a large number of Navy ships off the New York Navy Yard, early in the Civil War. Vessels shown include (from left to right): USS Montgomery;
USS Vandalia;
USS Brandywine;
USS North Carolina;
USS Potomac;
USS Savannah;
USS R.R. Cuyler;
USS Mount Vernon;
USS Roanoke;
USS Resolute
and USS Wabash. A rowing launch is underway in the foreground.
US Naval History and Heritage Command photo # NH 59308 Bill Gonyo
098634502 130k Gunboat USS Mount Vernon at Brooklyn Navy Yard in June 1861. Behind Mount Vernon, dwarfing the gunboat, is USS Roanoke, while in the background left is the gunboat USS R. R. Cuyler.
Harper's Weekly. 1861-07-20 Robert Hurst
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