USS Housatonic (1861)
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USS Housatonic was a screw sloop-of-war of the United States Navy, taking its name from the Housatonic River of New England.
USS Housatonic (1862–1864). Wash drawing by R.G. Skerrett, 1902
Destruction of Housatonic by a rebel torpedo; sketch by war artist William Waud (1864)
Spar torpedo
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A spar torpedo is a weapon consisting of a bomb placed at the end of a long pole, or spar, and attached to a boat. It was used by driving the spar directly into an enemy vessel. These torpedoes often
A steamboat with a spar torpedo, in transport position
The Confederate torpedo boat CSS David showing the spar torpedo mounted to the bow
Explosive charge lashed to the boom of a spar torpedo
NMS Rândunica