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Photo #: NH 84468

"Cushing's Torpedo Boat"


Photograph of a general arrangement drawing of the boat and its spar torpedo. The original plan appears to be of 19th Century vintage and is drawn on cloth.
Lieutenant William B. Cushing used U.S. Navy Picket Boat No. 1 to sink the Confederate ironclad Albemarle on the night of 27-28 October 1864.

U.S. Naval Historical Center Photograph.

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12 October 1999