CSS Bombshell, a small steamer, was formerly a U.S. Army Transport that had been sunk on 18 April 1864 by Confederate shore batteries in Albemarle Sound, North Carolina. Raised and taken into the Confederate Navy, she accompanied the ironclad ram CSS Albemarle on her 5 May 1864 sortie against Union Navy ships on Albemarle sound. During the resulting action, Bombshell was captured by the gunboats USS Sassacus and USS Mattabesett.
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Page made 24 October 1999
Coding updated 5 May 2001