Saturday, September 13, 2014

Farragut Still Clearing Torpedoes in Mobile Bay

SEPTEMBER 13, 1864:  Rear Admiral Farragut's sailors continued to clear the main ship channel at Mobile Bay of torpedoes such as the one that had sunk the USS Tecumseh on 5 August.  He reported to Secretary Welles that 22 torpedoes had been raised.

He added: "This part of the channel is now believed to be clear, for, though beyond doubt many more were originally anchored here, report says they have sunk over one hundred to the bottom."

Despite his efforts, Union ships would be destroyed in the vicinity of Mobile Bay by torpedoes in the months to come.

--Old B-R'er

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