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NH 1673 "Wood versus Iron"

Photo #: NH 1673 "Wood versus Iron"
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Title: "Wood versus Iron"
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Description: Photo #: NH 1673 Wood versus Iron 19th Century photograph of an artwork by Acting Second Engineer Alexander C. Stuart, USN, 1864. It shows CSS Albemarle engaging several Federal gunboats on Albemarle Sound, North Carolina, on 5 May 1864. USS Sassacus is in left center, ramming the Confederate ironclad. Other U.S. Navy ships seen are (from left): Commodore Hull, Wyalusing and Mattabesett. The Confederate transport Bombshell, captured during the action, is in the right background. Albemarle was not significantly damaged during this action, which left Sassacus disabled by a hit in one of her boilers. Collection of Surgeon H.P. Babcock, presented by George R. Babcock, 1938. U.S. Naval History and Heritage Command Photograph.
Catalog #: NH 1673
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