APRIL 14TH, 1865: The USS Sciota, Acting Lt. James W, Magune, struck a torpedo and sank off Mobile. Magune reported: "The explosion was terrible, breaking the beams of the spar deck, tearing open the waterways, ripping off the starboard forechannels, and breaking fore-topmast..:
Dragging for and destroying torpedoes continued to be hazardous duty. A launch from the USS Cincinnati was blown up and three men killed when a torpedo which was being removed accidentally swing against the boat's stern.
--Old B-R'er
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