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The result was: promoted by Lightburst (talk) 13:49, 25 August 2023 (UTC)
... that CSS Beaufort fought USS Albatross in the first ship vs. ship action of the American Civil War? Source: Trotter, Ironclads and Columbiads, p. 20. and [1]. Trotter notes "the Beaufort achieved the signal honor of engaging in the first ship-to-ship naval battle of the Civil War", with the rest of the paragraph describing the action. The DANFS source lists the Union ship engaged,
Overall: @Hog Farm: The article was promoted to GA yesterday (not created). Prose size is fine at 11 kB. All paragraphs in the body of the article have sources. I didn't spot any unreliable sources or biased claims. The hook is interesting and supported by the two sources together. No problems with copyright or plagiarism according to WP:EARWIG. QPQ Done. Phlsph7 (talk) 09:55, 24 August 2023 (UTC)