Damn the Torpedoes, Ft. Morgan, Civil War Related Folk Art Carving mechanical sculpture and then the sole features

and then the sole features cleat-like treats around the perimeter of toe and heel

3 7/8" d at base

I think it is just a fantastic little thing

4 1/4" across at lip of base

Damn the Torpedoes, Ft. Morgan, Civil War Related Folk Art Carving mechanical sculpture and then the sole featuresA curious one! The origin of the phrase "Damn the Torpedoes" comes from the Battle of Mobile Bay in Alabama, August 5, 1864, during the Civil War, in which a Union fleet commanded by Admiral David Farragut, assisted by a contingent of soldiers, overtook Ft. Morgan, which guarded Mobile Bay, and attacked a smaller Confederate fleet led by Admiral Franklin Buchanan. Farragut's order of "Damn the torpedoes! Four bells. Captain Drayton, go ahead! Jouett,