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Show Glasses Save Ship Admiral Farragut's flagship the "Hartford" was saved frorr. being rammed, by a pair of glasses. glass-es. In the battle of Mobile Bay, th rebel ironclad ram "Tennessee' was headed for the Hartford and was about to ram her successfully success-fully when the Union ship "Chickasaw" "Chick-asaw" maneuvered astern of the Tennessee to hit her vulnerabH rudder before the latter could open fire. The Commanding Officer Of-ficer of the Chickasaw removed his glasses and threw them over to the Tennessee, hitting her gun pointer in the face. Before the Tennessee could open fire, th Chickasaw had put two shots in her rudder, thereby saving the Hartford. v |