239. U.S.S. “Yorktown,” Captain Gilmore. It was from this ship that the crew was ambushed and captured by insurgents at Baler, P. I.
Creator
Givens, James David
Date created
circa 1900
Accession No.
OFI-002775
Citation
Scenes taken in the Philippines and on the Pacific, relating to soldiers.
Location
OFI photographs, Box 4.
Notes
Subject: USS Yorktown (Gunboat No. 1/PG-1) was lead ship of her class of steel-hulled, twin-screw gunboats in the U.S. Navy. Yorktown was out of commission during the Spanish�American War
Type
Type: Photograph, halftone reproduction, B/W, white border, matte.
Medium
1 print : photomechanical : sheet 14 x 18 cm.
Subject 1
Yorktown (Gunboat).
Subject 2
Warships — United States — 1890-1900.
Subject 3
Baler (Philippines) — History — Siege, 1898-1899.
Actual Image Location
OFI photographs, Box 4.
Call number
OFI-002775
Cataloger
GERRY