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Gunboat Philadelphia

Maker unknown

Revolutionary War gunboat sunk at the Battle of Valcour Island in 1776, raised in 1935, and the oldest surviving American fighting vessel.

Date
1776
Collection
National Museum of American History
Reference
AF.58888-N(1)

Plate not recorded
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Record

Medium
Wood
Origin
United States
Owner
Smithsonian Institution

In the Tapestry

Used at
Battle of Valcour IslandA

Provenance and history

  1. 1776

    CreatedA

Sources

  1. A

    americanhistory.si.edu

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