Editing CSS Albemarle (section)

==Raising and later service==
[[File:CSSAlbemarle.jpg|right|thumb|CSS ''Albemarle''. According to Millers Photographic History of the Civil War Vol VI "The Navies" .p.87 this picture was taken after the ram had been raised and salvaged]]
[[File:CSSLadyDavis.jpg|right|thumb|CSS ''Albemarle''. In Millers Photographic History of the Civil War Vol VI "The Navies" .p.87 this picture of the ''Albemarle'' is misidentified as the {{ship|CSS|Lady Davis}}.]]
After the fall of Plymouth, the U. S. Navy raised and temporarily hull-patched the Confederate ram. Near the end of the war, the Union gunboat {{USS|Ceres}} towed ''Albemarle'' to the [[Norfolk Navy Yard]], where she arrived on 27 April 1865. On 7 June orders were issued to repair her hull, and she entered [[dry dock]] soon thereafter. The work was completed on 14 August 1865. Two weeks later, the ironclad was judged condemned by a [[Washington, D.C.]] [[prize court]].

She saw no active naval service after being placed in ordinary at Norfolk, where she remained until she was finally sold at [[public auction]] on 15 October 1867 to J. N. Leonard and Company. She was probably [[scrapped]] for [[salvage value|salvage]]. One of her {{convert|6.4|in|mm|adj=on}} double-banded [[John Mercer Brooke|Brooke]] rifled cannon is on display at the Headquarters of the Commander U. S. [[Fleet Forces Command]] at the [[Norfolk, Virginia]], naval base. Her smokestack is on display at the [[Museum of the Albemarle]] in [[Elizabeth City, North Carolina]]. Her ship's bell is on display at the Port o' Plymouth Museum in Plymouth, North Carolina.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://portoplymouthmuseum.org/about-port-o-plymouth-museum/|title = The Port o' Plymouth Museum – Washington County Historical Society}}</ref>

'''Prize Court Adjudication<ref>Porter, ''Naval History'', p. 834</ref>'''
{| class="wikitable"
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! Date !! Ship Type !! Prize Name !! Gross Proceeds !! Costs and Expenses !! Amount for Distribution !! Where Adjudicated !! Sent to 4th Auditor for Distribution !! Vessels Entitled to Share
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| || Ram || ''Albemarle'' || $79,944.00 || $2,645.30 || $77,298.70|| Washington|| 28 Aug 1865|| Lieutenant Commander Cushing and party
|}