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Dirty sailors hose down the deck of a ship after coaling, circa 1912.

A colorized postcard of the battleship USS Connecticut.

A view of the berth deck on board the cruiser USS Olympia in 1899.

Sick bay on board USS Olympia, taken in October 1899.

Sailors on board the cruiser USS Olympia lounge in the torpedo room after a meal, October 1899.

The captain's cabin on board the cruiser USS Olympia, taken in October 1899.

Sailors on board the cruiser USS Olympia tease cats with sunlight and a mirror, 1898. Originally a cyanotype, digitally converted to black and white.

Players from the football team of the cruiser Tennessee line up for a snap in Rio de Janiero, 1910.

Sailors on board USS Olympia play cards on deck, 1898.

Troops on board the transport USS Mercury stand on deck, awaiting a blast of cleansing water from a fire hose.

One of the many mascots on board the battleship USS Connecticut during the cruise of the Great White Fleet.

Sailors from the cruiser USS Philadelphia practice assaulting over a wall in the 1890's, on Honolulu.

Watercolor painting of USS Atlanta, USS Boston, USS Yorktown, and USS Chicago under sail.

This 1882 cartoon mocks the relative size and condition of the United States Navy in comparison with Britain's Royal Navy, in the context of the bombardment of Alexandria, Egypt.

A Navy mascot on board a battleship gets a good washing, circa 1907-08.