The first USS Sassacus, a wooden, double-ended, sidewheel steamer in commission in the United States Navy from 1863 to 1865. She saw service in the American Civil War.
USS Sassacus ramming CSS Albemarle, 5 May 1864
The USS Sassacus rams the CSS Albemarle.
Portsmouth Naval Shipyard
The Portsmouth Naval Shipyard, often called the Portsmouth Navy Yard, is a United States Navy shipyard on Seavey's Island in Kittery, Maine, bordering Portsmouth, New Hampshire. The naval yard lies along the southern boundary of Maine on the Piscataqua River.
Portsmouth Naval Shipyard in 2004
U.S. Navy yard at Kittery, Maine in 1808
Shipyard in 1853
Aerial view of the shipyard in the 1930s