Admiral David Glasgow Farragut
Address:
Madison Square Park
E. 26th St. and Madison Avenue
Manhattan
Category: Monuments
Erected: 1881
Sculptor: Augustus Saint-Gaudens
Architect: Stanford White
Description: Bronze standing figure of the first Admiral of the U.S. Navy who shouted "Damn the torpedoes, full speed ahead!" from high on the ship's mast during the Civil War battle of Mobile Bay. The pedestal of the statue features ocean waves cresting over a sword, the figures of "Loyalty" and "Courage" and dolphins.
