CHT247777 The USS Onondaga on the James River, Virginia in 1864 (photo) by American Photographer, (19th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: first double-turreted monitor ship completed in America in March, 1964 and served with the James River Flotilla guarding the approaches to Richmond in the last years of the American Civil War; in 1867 sold to France and remained in service there until 1903-04; foreground shows soldiers in a rowboat; 2592 ton twin-turret vessel;); 穢 Archives Charmet; American, out of copyright.