The Stevens Battery was an early design for a type of ironclad, proposed for use by the United States Navy before the American Civil War. One full-sized example was begun but never completed due to lack of funding.
Read more about Stevens Battery: Background, The 1844 Design, The 1854 Design, The Civil War and USS Naugatuck, The 1869 Design, The End
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