Statistics for occurrence #1 of “Mobile Bay” in chapter 46 of Admiral David D. Porter, The Naval History of the Civil War.:
...he flagship (which would have been glory enough for one day), but he determined to show the Confederates that it was an easier matter to sink a frigate at anchor in Hampton Roads than a live fleet in Mobile Bay .
The signal was at once made to get underway, and the crews ran the anchors up to the bows with marvellous rapidity.
The iron-clads, and such wooden vessels as had been prepared with iron prows...
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† | Mobile Bay (Alabama, United States) | 934 | 64 | 36 | 0 | 0 user votes |
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