“Damn the torpedoes!”

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An exclamation by David Farragut, an officer in the Union navy in the Civil War. Warned of mines, called torpedoes, in the water ahead, Farragut said, “Damn the torpedoes! Captain Drayton, go ahead! Jouett, full speed!”

Joe Crawford posted this 19 years ago.

(Friday January 14th 2005 at 1:49pm)

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