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Fulton (I) (Demologos)

Centerwheel Steam Battery:

Laid down, date unknown, at New York City

Launched, 29 October 1814

Fulton (or Demologos), was intended as a heavily-armed and stoutly-built mobile fort for local defense

Completed after Robert Fulton's death in February 1815, the ship made successful trial runs in the summer of 1815

With the close of the War of 1812, it was decided not to fit her put for service

Delivered to the Navy in June 1816, and placed in ordinary at Brooklyn Navy Yard

Housed over, she was used as a receiving ship until, 4 June 1829, when her magazine exploded, killing 30 men, wounding many others, and totally destroying the ship

Sometimes called "Fulton the First", she was the first steam-powered vessel built for the United States Navy

Specifications:
Displacement 2,475 t.
Length 156'
Beam 56'
Depth unknown
Draft 11'
Speed 6 kts
Complement 200

Armament

twenty four 32-pdr carronades

Propulsion

centerwheel

steam

Size	Image Description	Contributed By
138k	Launching, at New York City, 29 October 1814 of Steam Battery *Fulton. Engraving published by B. Tanner, No. 71 South 3rd. St., Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, 27 March 1815. It is based on a drawing by J.J. Barralet after a sketch "taken on the spot" by Morgan. Courtesy of President Franklin D. Roosevelt, 1936. US Naval History and Heritage Command photo # NH 53969*	Tommy Trampp
212k	Launch of the Steam Battery *Fulton* (or *Demologos), first steam warship. Lithograph by Ostervald, Paris, France, depicting the ship's launching, at New York City, 29 October 1814. Note the small steamer at right. US Naval History and Heritage Command photo # NH 53968*. Courtesy of President Franklin D. Roosevelt, 1936.	Robert Hurst
185k	Steam Battery "*Demologos" (later "Fulton") drawing by her designer, Robert Fulton, November 1813, showing the ship's general arrangement. US Naval History and Heritage Command photo # NH 61883*	US Naval History and Heritage Command
111k	Steam Battery "*Demologos" (or "Fulton") general arrangement diagram, copied from Charles B. Stuart's 1853 book "Naval & Mail Steamers of the United States". US Naval History and Heritage Command photo # NH 74702*	US Naval History and Heritage Command
52k	Water color by Erik Heyl, 1953 of Steam Battery "*Demologos" (or "Fulton"), painted for use in his book "Early American Steamers", Volume V.Courtesy of Erik Heyl. US Naval History and Heritage Command photo # NH 63899*	US Naval History and Heritage Command
108k	Pen and ink drawing, with text, by Samuel War Stanton of the Steam Battery "*Fulton" (or "Demologos"). Collections of the Navy Department, 1967. US Naval History and Heritage Command photo # NH 65461*	US Naval History and Heritage Command
106k		US Naval History and Heritage Command
161k	*Demologos" (or "Fulton*") from the book "Pictorial History of American Ships, On the High Seas & Inland Waters" (1953), John and Alice Durant.	Tommy Trampp
79k	Steam Battery *Fulton* (1814). Drawing by Fred S. Cozzens, 1892, published in "Our Navy -- Its Growth and Achievements", 1897. US Naval History and Heritage Command photo # NH 74562.	Robert Hurst

Fulton (I)
Dictionary of American Naval Fighting Ships (DANFS)

Additional Resources and Web Sites of Interest
"USS Demologos" by Dennis Bryant from "Maritime Professional - Maritime Musings" of November 2013

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