US Civil War. Battle of Mobile Bay, Aug. 5, 1864. Admiral Farragut's flagship, USS Hartford, fighting the CSS Tennessee. During the battle, Farragut is attributed to say, 'Damn the torpedoes, full speed ahead.' More accurately, but less colorful, he is believed to have said, 'Damn the torpedoes! Four bells. Captain Drayton, go ahead! Jouett, full speed!' Lithograph after a painting by William Heysham Overend, 1883 (BSLOC_2019_2_86)
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