April 17, 2024
Rare 1868 Brooklyn Navy Yard "Receiving Ship Vermont
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"Brooklyn Navy Yard. No. 6728. Receing Ship 'Vermont.'" Published by E. & H.T. Anthony & Co., New York. No date, but circa 1868. Original photograph mounted on yhellow card stock, flat, with rounded corners. 3 1/4 x 6 1/4 inches. Printed caption on back. Some wear at corners of card. The photograph itself is a nice, clear image. The image shows the Vermont at a dock at the Brooklyn Navy Yard, with the stern and a side of the ship. A United States flag is flying from the rear mast. is an article about the ship from the ever-useful Wikipedia: USS Vermont (1848) From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia The first USS Vermont of the United States Navy was originally intended to be a ship of the line when laid down in 1818 , but was not commissioned until 1862 , when she was too outdated to be used as anything but a stores and receiving ship . Vermont was one of nine 74-gun warships authorized by United States Congress on 29 April 1816 . She was laid down at the Boston Navy Yard in September 1818, finished about 1825 , and kept on the stocks until finally launched at Boston on 15 September 1848 in the interest of both space and fire safety considerations. However Vermont was not commissioned at this time. Instead the already aged ship of the line remained in ordinary at Boston until the outbreak of the American Civil War in April 1861
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