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14-Dec-2017 Robert Wall

USS Hartford Anchor

Fort Gaines, Dauphin Island, Alabama

This anchor came from the U.S.S. Hartford, Admiral Farragut's flagship during the Civil War "Battle of Mobile Bay" on August 5, 1864. It was there that he uttered the now famous words, "Damn the Torpedoes—Full Speed Ahead!"


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