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Online Library of Selected Images -- Picture Data

Photo #: NH 72999 "Screw Picket Boat" "Constructed for the Navy Department" 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. U.S. Naval Historical Center Photograph. Online Image: 97KB; 740 x 640 pixels

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12 October 1999