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Caption: Screw Picket Boat similar to that used to sink the CSS Albemarle
Additional Description: General arrangement plan published in "Submarine Warfare, Offensive and Defensive", by Lieutenant Commander J.S. Barnes, USN, 1869. The drawing also includes detail drawings of the spar torpedo carried by this boat. This craft is similar to Picket Boat No. 1, which was used by Lieutenant William B. Cushing to sink the Confederate ironclad Albemarle on the night of 27-28 October 1864. Naval History and Heritage Command
Submitted: July 2, 2012, by Bernard Fisher of Richmond, Virginia.
Database Locator Identification Number: p210300
File Size: 0.099 Megabytes

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