US Navy Carrier Balloon. USS George Washington Parke Custis, a Civil War naval aircraft carrier. A balloon ascends over the Potomac River making reconnaissance of blockade, November 1861, near Budd's Ferry below Mount Vernon.
Categories: Civil War | Ships and Submarines
 
 
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