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Wood engraving from "Harper's Weekly" issue of 3/9/1889, entitled "BUILDING THE NEW WAR SHIP 'MAINE' AT THE BROOKLYN NAVY-YARD.--Drawn by J. O. Davidson.--..." Portion of vessel protrudes from large ship shed, workmen preparing frames in foreground. Other vignettes are labeled: "1. Designing-Room. 2. Moulding Loft. 3. Model-Maker. 4. Bending a Frame. 5. Pickling and cleaning Steel Plates." Signed at l.l. USS MAINE (battleship, bu. 1888-90 at New York Navy Yard; sunk 2/15/1898 at Havana; salvaged and re-sunk 3/16/1912 in Gulf of Mexico.)