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USS Oneida Disaster

Prints & Photographs

In addition to the cataloged items below, images of the USS Oneida, as well as her crew, may be discovered in the resources listed in other sections of this guide. For additional research strategies that may yield individual photographs, see Using Local and Family History Photographs to Tell the Stories of Your Ancestors.

Library of Congress

The sinking of the United States steamer Oneida off the port of Yokohama, Japan, Sunday, January 23 [sic Monday, January 24] / from a sketch by a survivor. by Illus. in: Frank Leslie's illustrated newspaper, v. 30, no. 755 (1870 March 19), p. 5.
Call Number: Illus. in AP2.L52 1870 Case Y [P&P]
Published/Created: 1870
Commander E.H. Williams ; Lieut. Commander A.W. Muldaur ; The sinking of the "Oneida" by the "Bombay" by Illus. in: Harper's weekly, v. 14, no. 690 (1870 March 19), p. 180.
Call Number: Illus. in AP2.H32 1870 Case Y [P&P]
Published/Created: 1870
Head-and-shoulders portraits of Lieut. Commander W.L. Stewart; Commander E.H. Williams; and Lieut. Commander A.W. Muldaur. The sinking of the "Oneida" by the "Bombay", Yokohama.

National Museum of the U.S. Navy

Monument to the deceased members of the crew of USS Oneida by Lieutenant Wayne Miller
Published/Created: 1945
Monument to the deceased members of the crew of USS Oneida when she collided with a British steamer, Bombay, on January 24, 1870. Photographed by Lieutenant Wayne Miller, September 1945. Official U.S. Navy photograph, now in the collections of the National Archives.