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RARE LIFEBOAT BINNACLE FROM THE U.S.S. "KEARSARGE
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RARE LIFEBOAT BINNACLE FROM THE U.S.S. "KEARSARGE."
Launched from Portsmouth Navy Yard, Kittery, Maine, in 1861, the sloop-of-war "Kearsarge" sank the Confederate raider "Alabama" off Cherbourg, France in 1864. The dovetailed mahogany case with original paint lettering, brass fittings and glazed door opening to a gimbaled compass. Height 40 ½ inches,...
Launched from Portsmouth Navy Yard, Kittery, Maine, in 1861, the sloop-of-war "Kearsarge" sank the Confederate raider "Alabama" off Cherbourg, France in 1864. The dovetailed mahogany case with original paint lettering, brass fittings and glazed door opening to a gimbaled compass. Height 40 ½ inches,...
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