Photo #: NH 42220
"Lieut. Cushing's Torpedo Boat sinking the Albemarle on
Roanoke River, N.C."
Engraving by A. Stachic, published in "Naval Battles of
America", by E. Shippen. It depicts the successful spar
torpedo attack by Lieutenant William B. Cushing and his crew
on the Confederate ironclad Albemarle, at Plymouth, North
Carolina, 27 October 1864.
U.S. Naval Historical Center Photograph.
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