^Lot 1393 SS Republic Lithograph LA - New Orleans,c1860 - Numismatic

Rare SS Republic Lithograph. Measures 2” x 3”on card stock backing. This is one of the only known views of the SS Republic when it was known as the SS Tennessee. There is small caption on the bottom, “US Gunboat Tennessee G Wiggins Commander.”. The lithograph has very sharp contrast and fine clarity. The waves in the sea are detailed to near perfection, capturing nearly every ripple. Each port hole, crew member, mast, smoke stack, rescue raft, and contraption is shown in fine detail. During the California Gold Rush the ship was used to transport Sierra-Nevada bound miners to Panama and Nicaragua. The ship was stranded in New Orleans when the Civil War broke out, captured by the Confederacy and used as a blockade runner during the war. After the war it was used for civilian transport and renamed the USS Mobile, and later renamed the SS Republic. On October 25, 1865 it was lost to a hurricane off the coast of Georgia. Very Fine Condition.