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On August 5, 1864, David Glasgow Farragut commanding the Union Navy squadron and led their charge into Mobile Bay in August of 1864 may have been one of the most dramatic moments of the naval war. Rear Adm. David G. Farragut successfully navigated through a deadly torpedo field Confederates laid in order to block the channel into Mobile Bay. During the battle, Farragut gives his famous quote, "Damn the Torpedoes, Full speed ahead!"
Damn the Torpedoes!
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Civil War
Military History
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LCDR Andy Hill
Farragut was afraid of heights but climbed into the ship's rigging anyway. From his high perch, where he was lashed to the rigging of his flagship, USS Hartford, Farragut could see the ships pulling back. "What's the trouble?" he shouted through a trumpet to USS Brooklyn. "Torpedoes", was the shouted reply. "Damn the torpedoes.", said Farragut, "Four bells, Captain Drayton, go ahead. Jouett, full speed."
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I wonder how many who read that realize that the "torpedoes" were stationary, and were more like sea mines than what we now know as torpedoes.
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LCDR Andy Hill
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I would bet that the Battle of Mobile Bay is largely misunderstood. Not being one to insult the RallyPoint audience, but most Americans outside a small group of professional and armchair historians don't know much at all about their nation's history. https://youtu.be/R4GLAKEjU4w
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