A sailor walks the weather deck of USS Columbia past hammocks and bedding stowed in the rail netting, a routine sight on U.S. Navy cruisers of the late 19th and early 20th centuries. Hammocks were aired daily and lashed into netting along the rail, doubling as makeshift protection. This informal snapshot offers a glimpse of everyday shipboard life aboard a working man-of-war of the period. Project: 218597