Demologos was the first warship to be propelled by a steam engine. She was a wooden floating battery built to defend New York Harbor from the Royal Navy...
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for example, were never overwhelmed by the Union Navy. United States floating battery Demologos Arsenal ship Uring, Nathaniel. A History of the Voyages...
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Robert Fulton. Five ships of the United States Navy have borne the name USS Fulton: United States floating battery Demologos, later Fulton, a catamaran steam...
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USS Fulton (category United States Navy ship names)
Five ships of the United States Navy have borne the name USS Fulton, in honor of Robert Fulton. United States floating battery Demologos, later Fulton, a...
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USS Fulton (1837) (category Steamships of the United States Navy)
command. She was often called Fulton II. Fulton I was the renamed floating battery Demologos. Fulton cruised the Atlantic coast, aiding ships in distress,...
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final design was the floating battery Demologos. This, the first steam-driven warship in the world, was built for the United States Navy for the War of...
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(following the model of Fulton's Demologos), starting in 1845. The blockships were "originally conceived as steam batteries solely for harbour defence, but...
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Brooklyn Navy Yard (redirect from United States Navy Yard, New York)
steam frigate, USS Fulton. Fulton was initially called Demologos and was designed as a floating battery to protect the New York Harbor. However, the steamship...
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