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Historically Speaking: Local shipyards made major contributions in Civil War
By Richard Curland For The Bulletin
Posted Dec 2, 2018 at 3:09 PM Updated Dec 2, 2018 at 3:09 PM
Mystic led the way in Connecticut shipbuilding during the Civil War, but other shipyards in Connecticut also made contributions. Shipyards in East Haddam and Norwich along with one or two other locations built more than 50 vessels that participated in the war
Mystic, prior to the war, was famous for its fast clipper ships but quickly converted to building steamships. Mystic, in response to war demands, built more steamships between 1861 and 1865 than any other New England port. The shipyards at Mystic shipyards launched 56 steamships during the war.
Adm. David Farragut, you may recall from your history books, was the first admiral of the U.S. Navy. It was he who voiced the now iconic imperative at the Battle of Mobile Bay, “**** the torpedoes, full speed ahead!”
At the time of this story, he was the head of a squadron blockading Confederate ports, and wrote to the Navy Department that “The Albatross is one of our finest blockaders we have. I beg the department will not remove it from the squadron.”
Full article can be found here - http://www.norwichbulletin.com/news...ipyards-made-major-contributions-in-civil-war
Full history of the USS Albatross (I) can be found here - https://www.history.navy.mil/research/histories/ship-histories/danfs/a/albatross-i.html
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