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(facing the title page) [image ALT: An oil painting of a wooden sailing ship, slightly banked to port, moving ahead in a stiff breeze, toward the right foreground. It is the U. S. S. Constitution.]

[image ALT: An oil painting of a wooden sailing ship, slightly banked to port, moving ahead in a stiff breeze, toward the right foreground. It is the U. S. S. Constitution.]

From a photogravure, copyrighted, 1896,
by A. W. Elson & Co., Boston

U. S. S. Constitution

U. S. Ship-of‑the‑Line Columbus at Anchor	45
Frigate with her Sails loosed to dry	47
U. S. Sloop-of‑War Albany under full Sail	49
U. S. S. Louisville	291
C. S. S. Tennessee	341

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U. S. S. Constitution	Frontispiece
Paul Jones	24
A 32‑Pound Carronade	42
A 24‑Pound Long Gun	42
Edward Preble	70
Stephen Decatur, Jr.	118
Oliver H. Perry	164
David Porter	176
Thomas Macdonough	190
George Bancroft	218
Delivery of the President's Letter	232
Andrew H. Foote	290
David G. Farragut	310
David D. Porter	388
Three Historic Ships Formerly at the Naval Academy	406
George Dewey	426
U. S. S. Palos in the Yangtze	462
Division of Battleships at Force Battle Practice	482
"The Return of the Mayflower"º	486
Capture of the U‑58 by the Fanning	490

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Lake Champlain	16
Cruises of the Ranger and the Bonhomme Richard	28
The Bonhomme Richard and the Serapis	33
Scene of the War with France	55
The Barbary States	63
Harbor of Tripoli	79
The Constitution and the Guerriere	111
The United States and the Macedonian	120
The Constitution and the Java	128
The Chesapeake and the Shannon	138
The Frigate and the Sloop Actions of the War of 1812	145
The Lake Campaigns, 1812‑1814	162
The Battle of Lake Erie	169
The Cruise of the Essex	181
The Battle of Lake Champlain	194
Japan	228
Battle of Port Royal	246
Hampton Roads	265
Transverse Section through Turret of Original Monitor	275
Operations on the Western Rivers	289
Island No. 10	300
Battle of Mobile Bay	333
Albemarle and Pamlico Sounds	349
Cushing's Launch and Torpedo	357
The Cruise of the Alabama	373
The Kearsarge and the Alabama	381
Second Attack on Fort Fisher	402
The Arctic Regions	417
Battles of Manila	438
The West Indian Campaign	448
America's Strategic Position in the Pacific	467

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