2006-09-09 11:55:53 · 9 answers · asked by Tankk 2 in Politics & Government ➔ Military
That was David Farragut at Mobile Bay, in the U.S. Civil War.
2006-09-09 11:58:14 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 3⤊ 0⤋
Admiral David G. Farragut
Mobile Bay, Alabama
August 5, 1864
2006-09-09 19:04:31 · answer #2 · answered by Barkley Hound 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Admiral Farragut at Mobile Bay.
Also the Torpedoes were not torpedoes as we know them but Mines.
2006-09-09 22:42:00 · answer #3 · answered by CG-23 Sailor 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Farragut, at Mobile Bay during the Civil War:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/David_Farragut
The "torpedoes" he refers to were what today we would call mines, then known as Torpedo Mines, which had been planted to guard the bay and the approaches to the harbor's forts. They were one of the many "infernal devices" (brilliantly concieved if unorthodox weapons) of the Confederacy. Torpedo Mines were anchored in the deeper and therefore more navigable areas of rivers and bays, and were electrically detonated by observers on the shore as enemy ships passed over them. Modern-day "torpedoes" are more accuratley termed "self-propelled torpedo mines" or simply "self-propelled torpedoes" because they travel from the point of command to the target under their own power.
The name "torpedo" comes from the "Torpedo Fish," which was another name for the electric eel, and to "mine" something in military terms meant to destroy it by the use of explosives. It is believed that the weapon was named for the animal because both would hide in the murky waters of the river where you could not see them, but as soon as you passed over them you got the shock of your life.
2006-09-09 19:07:38 · answer #4 · answered by Mustela Frenata 5 · 2⤊ 0⤋
David Glasow Farraut, First Admiral of the Navy
2006-09-09 19:26:21 · answer #5 · answered by J.D. 1 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Admiral Bull Halsey
2006-09-09 18:59:08 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 2⤋
darn...I was too slow. Anybody remember the CSA Iron Clad that stood by itself against Farragutt and his fleet???
That's right! The great and valiant CSS Tennessee...the Giant of Mobile Bay!
2006-09-09 19:10:21 · answer #7 · answered by KERMIT M 6 · 0⤊ 1⤋
Most liklely somebody in a war room 2000 miles away from that ship
2006-09-09 19:43:39 · answer #8 · answered by CAR_DEL99 3 · 0⤊ 1⤋
Tom Petty.
2006-09-09 19:01:42 · answer #9 · answered by Wait a Minute 4 · 0⤊ 2⤋