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Commander William Barker Cushing, USN, (1842-1874)

On the night of 27-28 October 1864, Cushing and a small crew took the steam launch Picket Boat Number One upriver to Plymouth, North Carolina, where they attacked and sank the Confederate ironclad ram CSS Albemarle with a spar torpedo.
    Camp Members at Department Encampment, Baltimore, Maryland, April 5, 2008