From Wikipedia.
Confederate Captain Alexander F. Worley had been appointed the CSS Albemarle's commander one month before Union Lt. William Cushing sank it on October 27, 1864. After sinking, the casemate of the vessel remained above the Roanoke River as it settled about six feet to the river bottom. The Confederates then salvaged the two Brooke rifled cannons and they were used in the defense of Plymouth.
After the fall of Plymouth, the Union Navy raised the ship on March 20, 1865, and placed a temporary patch on the hull. Near the end of the war, the USS Ceres towed the Albemarle to the Norfolk Navy yard where it arrived April 27, 1865.
Despite the war being over, on June 7th, orders were received to repair the hull and it entered dry dock where work was completed 14 August 1865. A short two weeks later, it was condemned by the Washington, D.C. prize court and placed in ordinary in Norfolk where it remained until sold at auction 15 October 1867 to J.N. Leonard Company who probably scrapped it for salvage.
I imagine it was repaired to bring a greater price at auction. There is a famous picture of the Albemarle with a woman standing on the deck. It is too bad the ship wasn't just kept so that it could be turned into a museum at a later date.
--Old B-Runner
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