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Snapshots of what’s happening in the Defense Department.

Two drawings of a vessel and its cargo.

USS Louisiana

Drawings of what the USS Louisiana looked like as it was prepared as a “powder boat” for explosion during the Civil War’s First Battle of Fort Fisher.

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