Statistics for occurrence #1 of “Captain Smith” in chapter 41 of Admiral David D. Porter, The Naval History of the Civil War.:
...ing her broadside to the Sassacus, which vessel was at that time about three or four hundred yards distant. She made for the ram, and struck her fairly With a speed of five or six knots, according to Captain Smith , or ten knots, according to Lieutenant-Commander Roe.
The ram was struck just abaft her starboard-beam, causing her to heel over, and placing her after-deck under water; so much so, that Lieutena...
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