One of the most famous vessels constructed by the Navy Yard, the screw sloop USS Hartford served as the flagship of Adm. David Farragut during the Battle of Mobile Bay. Her reputation was such that she was routinely exempted from Congressional limitations on repairs on wooden-hulled ships after 1883, and she servedas a training ship well into the second decade of the 20th century. She is seen here under full sail in Long Island Sound on August 10, 1905. Neglect finally set in, however, and the ship sank at her berth at the Norfolk Naval Shipyard in November 1956.
 
 
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