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  2. CSS Albemarle - Wikipedia

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    Armament. two 6.4 Brooke double-banded rifles. CSS Albemarle was a steam-powered casemate ironclad ram of the Confederate Navy (and later the second Albemarle of the United States Navy), named for an estuary in North Carolina which was named for General George Monck, the first Duke of Albemarle and one of the original Carolina Lords Proprietor.

  3. USS Albemarle (AV-5) - Wikipedia

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    USS Albemarle (AV-5) was one of only two Curtiss -class seaplane tenders built for the United States Navy just prior to the United States ' entry into World War II. Named for Albemarle Sound on the North Carolina coast, she was the third U.S. Naval vessel to bear the name. Albemarle was laid down on 12 June 1939 at Camden, New Jersey, by the ...

  4. USS Albemarle (1863) - Wikipedia

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    On the morning of 26 March 1862, sidewheel gunboat Delaware—during an expedition to the Pungo River in Pamlico Sound, North Carolina, in search of Confederate shipping reported to be there—entered Pantego Creek and found two large schooners at its head . . . "which," he reported, "proved to be the Albemarle and Lion owned by Boyle and Richard Reddick, of Suffolk, Virginia."

  5. USS Shamrock - Wikipedia

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    USS Shamrock was a large (974 ton) seaworthy steamer with powerful guns, acquired by the Union Navy during the American Civil War. She was used by the Union Navy as a gunboat in support of the Union Navy blockade of Confederate waterways. During the war, she participated in the operation of placing a spar torpedo into the ironclad CSS Albemarle ...

  6. Battle of Albemarle Sound - Wikipedia

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    The Battle of Albemarle Sound was an inconclusive naval battle fought in May 1864 along the coast of North Carolina during the American Civil War. [1] Three Confederate warships, including an ironclad, engaged eight Union gunboats. The action ended indecisively due to the sunset.

  7. William B. Cushing - Wikipedia

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    Howard B. Cushing (brother) William Barker Cushing (4 November 1842 – 17 December 1874) was an officer in the United States Navy, best known for sinking the CSS Albemarle during a daring nighttime raid on 27 October 1864, for which he received the Thanks of Congress. Cushing was the younger brother of Medal of Honor recipient Alonzo Cushing.

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