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Thetis (AG, 1884): Photographs


These photographs were selected to show the original configuration of this class and major subsequent modifications. For more views see the former NHHC (now Hyperwar) Online Library of Selected Images and the NavSource Photo Archive.

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USS Thetis (1884-1899)

Nipped in the ice off Horse Head Island, Greenland, on 4 June 1884, during the Greely Relief Expedition.
USS Bear is astern outside this image.

Photo No. NH 2145
Source: U.S. Naval History and Heritage Command.


 
USS Thetis (1884-1899)

At the Mare Island Navy Yard around the time she was placed in ordinary there in July 1897 following her survey of Baja California between 1893 and 1897.
USS Hartford is in the early stages of reconstruction behind her.

Photo No. NH 71759
Source: U.S. Naval History and Heritage Command.