Black and white photograph negative, view of the USS HARTFORD, c. 1917.
Collection
Carol Kimball Collection
Acquisition
Accession
2026.033
Source or Donor
Carol Kimball/Groton Historical Society
Acquisition Method
Donation
Made/Created
Date made
circa 1917
Lexicon
Nomenclature 4.0
Nomenclature Secondary Object Term
Negative
Nomenclature Primary Object Term
Photograph
Nomenclature Sub-Class
Graphic Documents
Nomenclature Class
Documentary Objects
Nomenclature Category
Category 08: Communication Objects
Search Terms
Civil War
General Notes
Note
Notes: Built at the Boston Navy Yard in 1858, the HARTFORD was Admiral Farragut's flagship in the Union Navy's battles for the Confederate strongholds of New Orleans and Mobile Bay. It was while aboard the HARTFORD that Farragut spoke the historically famous words - "Damn the torpedoes! Go ahead!"
