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Scenes At Norfolk Navy Yard, Portsmouth

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Stock #:115868
Type: Postcard
Era: Linen
City: Norfolk
State: Virginia (VA)
County: Norfolk (city)
Publisher: E.C. Kropp Co.
Size: 3.5" x 5.5" (9 x 14 cm)

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This is one of the largest and best equipped navy yards in the country. Can dock the Leviathan. Contains relics of Revolutionary War. Second War with Great Britain, Civil and Spanish-American Wars, Armor from the Merrimac----Virginia, Cumberland, Albemarle; bell metal from the Raritan (1861); a stone shot from Constantinople; Chinese guns from Tsin Tin (1900); Torpedo from Reina Mercedes ('98); Spanish guns captured at Santiago ('98); Spanish guns captured at Santiago ('98), and many other interesting objects.

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