These photographs were selected to show the original configuration of this class and major subsequent modifications. For more views see the former NHHC (now Hyperwar) Online Library of Selected Images and the NavSource Photo Archive.
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USS John Hancock (1853-1865)
A sail plan of the enlarged John Hancock published in 1853 in the book Naval-Mail Steamers of the United States by Charles B. Stuart.
Photo No. NH 73850
Source: U.S. Naval History and Heritage Command