Description: Hand-colored photograph of the USS Marietta with caption reading "U.S.S. Marietta, July 14, 1910, 12-19-17." There is a hand-written inscription on the lower left corner that reads "Dear Mrs. Schoonover, Your "Marietta" and my "Marietta" are quite different 'animiles'." On the lower right corner is written "USS Marietta, Built at the Union Ironworks, San Francisco, CA under the supervision of [not legible]." The USS Marietta was U.S. Navy gunboat commissioned in 1897. It was named for the city of Marietta in Washington County, Ohio. The Marietta served with the Pacific Squadron, then took a voyage around South America to join the Spanish-American War fleet near Cuba. After the Spanish-American War, the Marietta served in Asian, Caribbean, European and western Atlantic waters. During World War I, she performed convoy duties in the Atlantic Ocean. In July 1919 the Marietta was decommissioned by the U.S. Navy and sold in March 1920. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: OVS_7413
Subjects: U.S. Navy; Gunboats; Military Ohio; Ships; Spanish-American War, 1898; World War I, 1914-1918;
Places: Marietta (Ohio); Washington County (Ohio)
 

Description: Carte de visite photograph of Admiral David Glasgow Farragut, from the William T. Sherman Photograph Album, ca. 1865-1880. Farragut was born on July 5, 1801, near Nashville, Tennessee. At nine years of age, he was commissioned as a midshipman in the United States Navy, due to the influence of his adoptive father. He was the first Rear Admiral, Vice Admiral and Admiral of the United States Navy. He died at Portsmouth, New Hampshire, on August 14, 1870. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: AL04325
Subjects: United States. Navy--History--Civil War, 1861-1865--Pictorial works; U.S. Navy; Ohio History--Military Ohio; Ohio--History--Civil War, 1861-1865; Military officers; Portrait photography
 

Description: This carte de visite photograph is of Admiral David Glasgow Farragut in a formal dress Naval uniform, from the William T. Sherman Photograph Album, ca. 1865-1880. The William T. Sherman album contains photographs of a large number of Civil War officers that possibly served with General Sherman or were known by him. Farragut was born on July 5, 1801, near Nashville, Tennessee. At nine years of age, he was commissioned as a midshipman in the United States Navy, due to the influence of his adoptive father. He was the first Rear Admiral, Vice Admiral and Admiral of the United States Navy. He died at Portsmouth, New Hampshire, on August 14, 1870. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: AL04326
Subjects: United States. Navy--History--Civil War, 1861-1865--Pictorial works; U.S. Navy; Ohio History--Military Ohio; Ohio--History--Civil War, 1861-1865; Military officers
 

Description: Carte de visite photograph of Admiral David Dixon Porter, from the William T. Sherman Photograph Album, ca. 1865-1880. David Dixon Porter was born on June 8, 1813, in Chester, Pennsylvania. He began his naval service at age 10 as a midshipman under the command of Commander David Porter, his father. He served in the United States Navy in the American Civil War. He died in Washington D. C., on February 13. 1891 and was buried in Arlington National Cemetery. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: AL04346
Subjects: United States. Navy--History--Civil War, 1861-1865--Pictorial works; U.S. Navy; Ohio History--Military Ohio; Military officers
 

Description: Portrait of George Washington Williams. George Washington Williams was born in Bedford Springs, Pennsylania on October 16, 1849. During his lifetime, he was an American Civil War veteran, minister, journalist, politician and historian. He was the first African-American to be elected to the Ohio State Legislature in 1880. He died on August 2, 1891 in Blackpool, England. He is buried in Layton Cemetery in Blackpool. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: AL07914
Subjects: African American men; U.S. Navy; Ohio--History--Civil War, 1861-1865
 

Description: Two women examine the silver service from the Ohio battleship. USS Ohio (BB-12), a Maine-class battleship, was the third ship of the United States Navy named for the 17th state. Ohio was laid down on April 22, 1899, by Union Iron Works, San Francisco. She was launched on May 18, 1901. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: AL07537
Subjects: Other--Ohio Historical Society; U.S. Navy; World War I; World War, 1914-1918--Ohio
Places: Columbus (Ohio); Franklin County (Ohio)
 

Description: Dated 1860-1875, this black and white print titled 'Battle of Lake Erie; Commodore Perry's Victory' shows Oliver H. Perry and the Battle of Lake Erie. The Battle of Lake Erie took place on September 10, 1813, and Admiral Oliver Hazard Perry led the American fleet. Perry lost his flagship, the Lawrence, but continued the battle on the Niagara River. Commander Robert Heriot Barclay's surrender ended British control of the Great Lakes and allowed Perry to transport General William Henry Harrison's troops across Lake Erie to Canada. The War of 1812 ended in the northwest with the defeat of the British and American Indian troops at the Battle of the Thames. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: H27019
Subjects: Prints and printmaking; War of 1812; Battle of Lake Erie; Perry, Oliver Hazard, 1785-1819; Lake Erie; U.S. Navy
Places: Lake Erie
 

Description: Dated ca. 1813, this print titled 'Perry at the Battle of Lake Erie' shows a rowboat rowed by four men with a man and boy standing at the bow. In the background are several large ships. The text beneath the image on the lower right side reads "M. W. Baldwin" and the text on the left reads "J. E. Kelly." The Battle of Lake Erie took place on September 10, 1813, and Admiral Oliver Hazard Perry led the American fleet. Perry lost his flagship, the Lawrence, but continued the battle on the Niagara River. Commander Robert Heriot Barclay's surrender ended British control of the Great Lakes and allowed Perry to transport General William Henry Harrison's troops across Lake Erie to Canada. The War of 1812 ended in the northwest with the defeat of the British and American Indian troops at the Battle of the Thames. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: H97834
Subjects: War of 1812; Prints and printmaking; Battle of Lake Erie; Ships; U.S. Navy
Places: Lake Erie
 

Description: Reproduction of a photograph depicting the USS Ohio, a Maine class BB-12 battleship, in dock in San Francisco Bay, ca. 1900-1909. She was laid down in 1899 and then commissioned in 1904. She served on the West Coast until 1905 when she became the flagship for the Asiatic Fleet, where she carried Secretary of War, William H. Taft, and President Theodore Roosevelt’s daughter, Alice, on an inspection tour through Chinese, Japanese, and Philippine waters. From 1907-1909 she toured the world with fifteen other battleships from the Atlantic Fleet, which became known as the Great White Fleet. This voyage, which stopped at six continents and was manned by 14,000 sailors, was ordered by President Theodore Roosevelt as a display of American naval power. When she returned in 1909, she served in the Atlantic with both combat and training duties. She was a training vessel during World War I out of Norfolk, Virginia. After the war, she was placed in reserve status in the Philadelphia Naval Yard, decommissioned in 1922, and sold for scrapping in March 1923. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: AL07645
Subjects: Ships; Ohio History--Military Ohio; U.S. Navy
Places: San Francisco (California)
 

Description: Reproduction of a photograph depicting the USS Ohio, a Maine class BB-12 battleship, in dock in San Francisco Bay, ca. 1900-1909. She was laid down in 1899 and then commissioned in 1904. She served on the West Coast until 1905 when she became the flagship for the Asiatic Fleet, where she carried Secretary of War, William H. Taft, and President Theodore Roosevelt’s daughter, Alice, on an inspection tour through Chinese, Japanese, and Philippine waters. From 1907-1909 she toured the world with fifteen other battleships from the Atlantic Fleet, which became known as the Great White Fleet. This voyage, which stopped at six continents and was manned by 14,000 sailors, was ordered by President Theodore Roosevelt as a display of American naval power. When she returned in 1909, she served in the Atlantic with both combat and training duties. She was a training vessel during World War I out of Norfolk, Virginia. After the war, she was placed in reserve status in the Philadelphia Naval Yard, decommissioned in 1922, and sold for scrapping in March 1923. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: AL07646
Subjects: Ships; Ohio History--Military Ohio; U.S. Navy
Places: San Francisco (California)
 

Description: Reproduction of a photograph depicting the the USS Ohio, a Maine class BB-12 battleship, on the water, ca. 1900-1909. She was laid down in 1899 and then commissioned in 1904. She served on the West Coast until 1905 when she became the flagship for the Asiatic Fleet, where she carried Secretary of War, William H. Taft, and President Theodore Roosevelt’s daughter, Alice, on an inspection tour through Chinese, Japanese, and Philippine waters. From 1907-1909 she toured the world with fifteen other battleships from the Atlantic Fleet, which became known as the Great White Fleet. This voyage, which stopped at six continents and was manned by 14,000 sailors, was ordered by President Theodore Roosevelt as a display of American naval power. When she returned in 1909, she served in the Atlantic with both combat and training duties. She was a training vessel during World War I out of Norfolk, Virginia. After the war, she was placed in reserve status in the Philadelphia Naval Yard, decommissioned in 1922, and sold for scrapping in March 1923. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: AL07647
Subjects: Ships; Ohio History--Military Ohio; U.S. Navy