Trivia 4-5-17 Sunk my battleship

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USS Cairo.

" As the Cairo reached a point seven miles north of Vicksburg the flotilla came under fire and Selfridge ordered the guns to ready. As the gunboat turned towards shore disaster struck. Cairo was rocked by two explosions in quick succession which tore gaping holes in the ship's hull. Within twelve minutes the ironclad sank into six fathoms (36 feet) of water without any loss of life. Cairo became the first ship in history to be sunk by an electrically detonated torpedo"

https://www.nps.gov/vick/u-s-s-cairo-gunboat.htm
 
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USS Cairo
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United States of America

Name: Cairo
Namesake: City of Cairo, Illinois
 
Today I feel the language barrier again ... I was not quite sure what a "command detonated mine" is... so I googled the meaning and found : A mine detonated by remotely controlled means (http://www.militaryfactory.com/dictionary/military-terms-defined.asp?term_id=1093)

This having said my answer is: USS Cairo

"Cairo was the first ship ever to be sunk by a mine remotely detonated by hand"
https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=USS_Cairo&oldid=763624264

"As the Cairo reached a point seven miles north of Vicksburg the flotilla came under fire and Selfridge ordered the guns to ready. As the gunboat turned towards shore disaster struck. Cairo was rocked by two explosions in quick succession which tore gaping holes in the ship's hull. Within twelve minutes the ironclad sank into six (6) fathoms (36 feet) of water without any loss of life. Cairo became the first ship in history to be sunk by an electrically detonated torpedo."
https://www.nps.gov/vick/u-s-s-cairo-gunboat.htm
 
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