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Model of the USS Hartford
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The USS Hartford was the flagship of Rear Admiral
David G. Farragut during the Battle of Mobile Bay, August
5, 1864. The Hartford was 220 feet long and 44
feet wide, with a speed of 13 1/2 knots. It carried 42
guns and had a crew of 304 officers and enlisted men.
At Mobile Bay, the Hartford, along with fourteen
wooden ships and four monitors, engaged in battle with
the Confederate ironclad Tennessee and three wooden
ships. The outcome was the surrender of the Tennessee
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Division of the History of Technology, Armed Forces
History
National Museum of American History, Smithsonian Institution
Behring Center
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