Era: 1861-1865

Using a spar torpedo mounted on Picket Boat No.1, Lt. William Cushing and his crew succeeded in sinking CSS Albemarle at Plymouth, North Carolina, on the night of 27 October 1864.

A powerful, short-range gun in use between the late 1700’s and mid 1800’s.

Union iron gunboat assigned to the James River Flotilla during the Civil War.

Confederate ironclad converted from the British merchant Fingal

First Union ironclad of the American Civil War.  Fought famous battle with the first Confederate ironclad ‘Virginia’ here in Hampton Roads – the first battle between two iron ships.

Confederate ironclad built from the scuttled USS Merrimack. Fought USS Monitor in the first conflict between ironclads at the Battle of Hampton Roads.

Using a spar torpedo mounted on Picket Boat No.1, Lt. William Cushing and his crew succeeded in sinking CSS Albemarle at Plymouth, North Carolina, on the night of 27 October 1864.

Kearsarge is best known for her defeat of the Confederate commerce raider CSS Alabama during the American Civil War.