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![8912241.png](https://photos.usni.org/sites/default/files/imagecache/Photo_Full/usni_photo_gallery/tn_8912241.png)
An 1820-era midshipman(left). Little formal training existed at the time, as midshipmen were utilized as captains' errand boys rather than officers in training.
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U.S. Navy Vintage Photographs