Picket Boat No. 1

by John Proudley
Member since 05-Apr-2014

Build Type: Kit→ Model Shipways

Country: United States

Era: 1815-1914→ 1861-1865

Model Material: Wood

Model Type: Static

Propulsion Type:

  • Fuel→ Coal
  • Impeller→ Propeller
  • Engine→ Reciprocating Steam

Scale: 1:24 (1/2″ = 1′)

Subject Type: Vessel→ Naval and Privateer→ Wooden Navy→ Gunboats

About the Vessel

Using a spar torpedo mounted on Picket Boat No.1, Lt. William Cushing and his crew succeeded in sinking CSS Albemarle at Plymouth, North Carolina, on the night of 27 October 1864.

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