“Ship-building for repairs”
Secretary of the Navy William C. Whitney carries a large book labeled “Navy Yard Investigations,” and confronts George M. Robeson, William E. Chandler, and John Roach, who are cowering at his approach outside the “U.S. Navy Ya[rd] Office.” Whitney is gesturing toward sailing ships that are being repaired, among those identified are “Shenandoah: for Building – $463,866, Repairs – $906,481; Ossipee: for Building – $407,064, for Repairs – $1,197,391; Kearsarge: cost – $286.918, Repairs – $1,123,416; [and] Mohican: Repairs cost $900,000.” Caption: Secretary Whitney – “It seems to me, Gentlemen, that you have been repairing a damaged party out of a decaying navy.”
Collection
Library of Congress Prints and Photographs
Creation Date
1885-06-03