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| Keywords: US Navy 030515-N-0000X-001 SS Vanderbilt (1862-1873) in a period engraving by G. Parsons as published in Harper^rsquo,s Weekly, 1862.jpg en Navy Yards Washington D C May 15 2003 -- USS Vanderbilt 1862-1873 in a period engraving by G Parsons as published in Harper s Weekly 1862 This former flagship of Commodore Cornelius Vanderbilt s North Atlantic Mail Steamship Line was turned over to the U S Navy on March 24 1862 and fitted with a heavy battery of 15 guns From Nov 1862 to Jan 1864 the Vanderbilt sailed from Hampton Roads Va in an attempt to intercept the Confederate raider CSS Alabama then causing havoc amongst the Union s merchant fleet U S Navy graphic RELEASED 2003-05-15 030515-N-0000X-001 Navy http //www navy mil/view_image asp id 7481 U S Navy photo PD-USGov-Military-Navy Washington Navy Yard 19th-century engravings Vanderbilt ship 1857 | ||||
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