File:SPAR torpedo boat Lightning, Herreshoff Manufacturing Company (11831684644).jpg

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English: Title: [SPAR torpedo boat Lightning, Herreshoff Manufacturing Company]

Creator: Unknown
Contributors: Converse, George Albert, 1844-1909
Date: ca. 1880-1897
Part Of: George Albert Converse papers and photographs, 1861-1897
Place: Newport, Rhode Island
Description: The Bow view of the Herreshoff Manufacturing Co.'s SPAR torpedo boat Lightning (Steam Launch No. 6), launched May 1876, and the first torpedo boat purchased by the U.S. Navy. The Lightning is on a wooden cradle in front of an unidentified building, believed to be located at the Naval Torpedo Station, on Goat Island, in Newport, Rhode Island. Source: John Palmieri, Curator Herreshoff Marine Museum/America's Cup Hall of Fame; http://www.herreshoff.org
Physical Description: 1 photographic print: 19 x 14 cm on 26 x 21 cm mount
File Name: mss68_2_8a_16_opt.jpg
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  • torpedoes
  • torpedo boats
  • naval yards
  • naval stations
  • Lightning (Steam Launch No. 6)
  • Steam Launch No. 6
  • steamboats
  • U.S. Navy
  • United States Navy
  • Herreshoff Manufacturing Company
  • Torpedo Boat

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