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The CSS Albemarle was sunk by Union Navy commando raid under the command of Lieutenant William B. Cushing. His 22-man crew placed a torpedo against the hull of the Albemarle and detonated it. Cushing and only one other member of his team succeeded in returning to Union lines. Two drowned and the rest were captured.

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