Same source as the last post.
FLOATING BATTERY
Length 20 feet, beam 20 feet, height 8 feet, armor 1.5 foot iron, with six inch oak on two sides. Armed with six guns on three sides.
Anchored eight miles above Plymouth on the Roanoke River in 2.5-3 fathoms with 2-3 foot of casemate above water.
Was sunk by a floating Confederate torpedo and burned on April 8, 1865, by a launch from the USS Iosco and a cutter from the USS Mattabesett.
Located at Gray's Fisher. Was removed in 1873 under a contract with the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers.
--Old B-Runner
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