Object Details
- Author
- Unknown
- Subject
- National Museum of American History (U.S.) (NMAH)
- National Museum of History and Technology (U.S.)
- Category
- Historic Images of the Smithsonian
- See Neg. # 2005-8361 for another view of the "Philadelphia" on disploay in 2005.
- Summary
- The gunboat "Philadelphia" on exhibit in the National Museum of History and Technology, now the National Museum of American History. Built in 1776, "Philadelphia" is the oldest American fighting vessel in existence. She sank on October 11, 1776, in Lake Champlain during the battle off Valcour Island, when an American flotilla commanded by General Benedict Arnold was defeated by a British fleet. Visible is the 12 pounder gun mounted at the bow. The "Philadelphia" was raised in 1935 and came to the Smithsonian in 1964.
- Contained within
- Smithsonian Institution Archives, Record Unit 95, Box 45, Folder: 8A
- Contact information
- Institutional History Division, Smithsonian Institution Archives, 600 Maryland Avenue, S.W., Washington, D.C. 20024-2520, SIHistory@si.edu
- c. 1975
- Revolution, 1775-1783
- Standard number
- SIA2011-1330 and P651021
- Restrictions & Rights
- No restrictions
- Type
- Photographic print
- Object
- Exhibit
- Physical description
- Number of Images: 1 Color: Black and White; Size: 8w x 10h; Type of Image: Exhibit; Object; Medium: Photographic print
- Place
- United States
- Smithsonian Archives - History Div
- Topic
- Exhibitions
- Boats and boating
- Gunboats
- Philadelphia (Ship)
- United States--History--1775-1783
- Transportation
- Military history
- Naval history
- Sea-power
- Firearms
- History
- Record ID
- siris_sic_7522
