A ship's mascot goat stands tethered to a utility pole on a navy yard pier, with a warship moored in the background. Goats were among the most popular animal mascots aboard U.S. Navy vessels around the turn of the twentieth century, kept for morale and often paraded ashore during liberty calls. This candid snapshot comes from the personal album of a crewman of USS Columbia (C-12), a protected cruiser active in the early 1900s. Project: 218611