Gunboat "Philadelphia"
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Creator: Dorwin, Harold
Form/Genre: Object
Date: April 13, 2005
Citation: Smithsonian Institution Archives, Accession 11-009, Digital Logbook, SPS
Image of the Gunboat "Philadelphia" on display in the National Museum of American History. The American gunboat "Philadelphia" sank into Lake Champlain in October 1776, during a naval battle against the British in the American Revolution. Visible is the 12 pounder gun mounted at the bow. She was raised in 1935 with much of its equipment intact and came to the Museum in 1964, complete with the 24-pound ball that sent the gunboat to the bottom.
National Museum of American History (U.S.) (NMAH)
Historic Images of the Smithsonian
See Neg. # SIA2011-1330 for another image of the "Philadelphia" on display in 1975.
Smithsonian Institution Archives, Accession 11-009, Digital Logbook, SPS
Institutional History Division, Smithsonian Archives, 600 Maryland Avenue, SW, Washington, D.C. 20024-2520, SIHistory@si.edu
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2005-8361
Number of Images: 1 Color: Color ; Size: 12.6w x 8.43h ; Type of Image: Object ; Exhibit; Medium: Digital Image