This album page, captioned 'Navy Yard at Philadelphia, Pa. -- General View,' identifies the vessel shown as USS Columbia and/or USS Yankee moored at the Philadelphia Navy Yard. USS Columbia (C-12), a fast protected cruiser commissioned in 1894, and USS Yankee, a converted auxiliary cruiser that served in the Spanish-American War, were among the U.S. Navy ships based on the East Coast during this period. The photograph, taken from beneath a ship's boom rigging, offers a rare panoramic view of early-1900s naval yard operations. Project: 218602