Cushing's imaginative attack seemed at first doomed to failure. He departed the night of 26 October, but grounded at the mouth of the Roanoke River, and spend most of the hours of darkness freeing his craft. The attempt to sink the Albemarle was put off until 27 October.
That night was dark and foul. Cushing was accompanied by fourteen men, an additional seven having been recruited from the other ships. Among them was his old companion, Acting Master's Mate William L. Howorth, and that veteran of several reconnaissance expeditions up the Roanoke River, Acting Master's Mate John Woodman.
--Old B-Runner
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