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Stevens' Battery

Semi-submersible Ironclad Screw Steamer

Between 1842 and 1862, the sons of John Stevens started construction of three "shot and shell proof" armored steamers; but they never completed the first two. The second, begun in 1854, was known as Stevens' Battery.

The third, built under the name E. A. Stevens, was acquired by the Revenue Service under the name Naugatuck and loaned to the Navy for service during the the Civil War as USS Naugatuck

Specifications - General Characteristics - 1844 Design:
Displacement 1,500 t.
Length unknown 250'
Beam unknown 40'
Depth of Hull unknown
Draft unknown
Speed 18 kts (estimated)
Complement unknown

Armament

six large muzzle loading cannons

Armor

4.5 in iron plate

14 in locust timber

Propulsion

one 900 ihp steam engine

single propeller

Specifications - General Characteristics - 1864 Design:
Displacement 4,683 t.
Length unknown 420'
Beam unknown 53'
Depth of Hull unknown
Draft unknown
Speed 20 kts (estimated)
Complement unknown

Armament

five 15-inch (381-mm) smoothbore guns

two 10-inch (254-mm) rifled guns

Bow ram

Armor

6.75 in. iron plate

Fuel Capacity 1,000 t. coal

Propulsion

one steam engines, 8,624 ihp, 6,431 Kw

twin propellers

Specifications - General Characteristics - Ironclad Ram -1869 Design:
Armament never determined
Speed 15 kts (estimated)
Propulsion

ten large-diameter boilers

two Maudsley and Field vertical overhead-crosshead engines

screw-propelled

Click On Image For Full Size Image	Size	Image Description	Contributed By
098690301	177k	The Stevens Bomb-Proof Battery as would have appeared when completed. Line engraving, published in Harper's Weekly, in 1861. It provides a very conjectural depiction of the *Stevens' Battery, which had been under construction at Hoboken, New Jersey, since 1843. US Naval History and Heritage Command photo # NH 59583*	Robert Hurst
098690302	276k	The Stevens Battery Line engraving, published in the book: The Stevens Ironclad Battery, in 1874, showing the ship's ultimate planned configuration as a large sea-going single turret monitor. This depiction is virtually identical to that of USS Puritan as seen in Photo # NH 42278. US Naval History and Heritage Command photo # NH 59583	US Naval History and Heritage Command
098690303	108k	*Stevens' Battery* engraved plan of the ship's hull lines, midships section and curve of displacement, published in the book: The Stevens Ironclad Battery, in 1874. It represents the ship's ultimate planned configuration, with a monitor-type armored extension around the hull at the waterline. US Naval History and Heritage Command photo # NH 91886	US Naval History and Heritage Command
098690304	287k	*Stevens' Battery* engraved view of the ship's hull, housed over in its building dock at Hoboken, N.J., circa 1874. The New York ferry pier is in the right background. Published in the book: The Stevens Ironclad Battery, in 1874. US Naval History and Heritage Command photo # NH 91892	US Naval History and Heritage Command

Stevens' Battery
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Dictionary of American Navy Fighting Ships (DANFS)

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