United States Torpedo Boat Destroyer "Paul Jones" On the Water

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Description

This black and white picture postcard features a naval ship on the water with the coastline in the distant background. Flags are flying from both the stern and the bow and four funnels/stacks are in the center of the ship. The back two funnels are emitting smoke. The title and description along the bottom of the card reads "No. 5035.--U. S. Torpedo Boat Destroyer "Paul Jones." 125 Officers and men. Displacement, 420 tons. Speed, 29 knots. Torpedo tubes, two 18 in., Whitehead. Two 3-in. and five 6-pounders, R. F. G." The back of the postcard identifies the item as a postcard and provides publisher information as well as correspondence, address, and postage stamp placement.

Publication Date

1900

Publisher

Edward H. Mitchell

Subjects

Postcards; Picture postcards; United States. Navy--Ships

Object Type

image

Format (original)

Postcard

Format (digital)

PDF

Digital ID

MSS_837_Postcard_U.S.-Torpedo-Boat-Destroyer-Paul-Jones_001

Source

Mississippi State University Libraries, Manuscripts Division, Lucius Marion Lampton, MD Historical Images Collection, Mississippiana Collection, Naval Battleship Subcollection

Repository

Manuscripts

Digital Publisher

Mississippi State University Libraries (electronic version)

Rights

Copyright protected by Mississippi State University Libraries. Use of materials from this collection beyond the exceptions provided for in the Fair Use and Educational Use clauses of the U.S. Copyright Law may violate federal law. Permission to publish or

Contact Information

For more information about the contents of this collection, email sp_coll@library.MSState.edu.

Recommended Citation

Lucius Marion Lampton, MD Historical Images Collection, Special Collections Department, Mississippi State University