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Caption: Lieut. Cushing's Torpedo Boat sinking the Albemarle on Roanoke River, N.C.
Additional Description: 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. Naval History and Heritage Command
Submitted: July 1, 2012, by Bernard Fisher of Richmond, Virginia.
Database Locator Identification Number: p210120
File Size: 0.137 Megabytes

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