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Photo # NH 65461:  Steam Battery Fulton.  Pen and ink drawing by Samuel Ward Stanton

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U.S. Steam Battery Fulton (1814-1829).
Also called "Demologos" and "Fulton the First"

USS Fulton, a 2455-ton (1450 tons displacement) center-wheel steam battery, was built at New York City to a design prepared by Robert Fulton, who called her "Demologos". Intended as a heavily-armed and stoutly-built mobile fort for local defense, she was launched in late October 1814, while the War of 1812 was still underway. The ship was completed in 1815 as Fulton, named in honor of her designer, who had died in February of that year. After running trials under steam power, she was delivered to the Navy in June 1816. Other than a single day of active service a year later, when she carried President James Monroe on a cruise in New York Harbor, Fulton was laid up or, after 1825, employed as a floating barracks at the Brooklyn Navy Yard. She was destroyed by a gunpowder explosion on 4 June 1829. Sometimes called "Fulton the First", she was the first steam-powered vessel built for the United States Navy.

This page features all the views we have concerning the steam battery Fulton (1814-1829).


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Photo #: NH 61883

Steam Battery "Demologos"
(later "Fulton") (1814)

Drawing by her designer, Robert Fulton, November 1813, showing the ship's general arrangement.

U.S. Naval Historical Center Photograph.

Online Image: 181KB; 965 x 1225 pixels

 
Photo #: NH 74702

Steam Battery "Demologos", or "Fulton"
(1814)

General arrangement diagram, copied from Charles B. Stuart's 1853 book "Naval & Mail Steamers of the United States".

U.S. Naval Historical Center Photograph.

Online Image: 109KB; 590 x 765 pixels

 
Photo #: NH 74562

Steam Battery "Fulton"
(1814)

Drawing by Fred S. Cozzens, 1892, published in "Our Navy -- Its Growth and Achievements", 1897.

U.S. Naval Historical Center Photograph.

Online Image: 78KB; 740 x 585 pixels

 
Photo #: NH 63899

U.S. Steam Battery "Demologos" (1814)


Watercolor by Erik Heyl, 1953, painted for use in his book "Early American Steamers", Volume V. This ship was also known as "Fulton".

Courtesy of Erik Heyl.

U.S. Naval Historical Center Photograph.

Online Image: 52KB; 740 x 425 pixels

 
Photo #: NH 65461

Steam Battery "Fulton", or "Demologos"
(1814)

Pen and ink drawing by Samuel War Stanton.

Collections of the Navy Department, 1967.

U.S. Naval Historical Center Photograph.

Online Image: 106KB; 740 x 525 pixels

 
Photo #: NH 65481

Steam Battery "Fulton", or "Demologos"
(1814)

Pen and ink drawing, with associated text, by Samuel War Stanton.

Collections of the Navy Department, 1967.

U.S. Naval Historical Center Photograph.

Online Image: 104KB; 740 x 440 pixels

 
Photo #: NH 65482

Steam Battery "Fulton", or "Demologos"
(1814)

Montage of two pen and ink drawings, with associated text, by Samuel War Stanton.

Collections of the Navy Department, 1967.

U.S. Naval Historical Center Photograph.

Online Image: 101KB; 610 x 765 pixels

 
Photo #: NH 1326

Steam Battery "Fulton"
(1814)

View of the ship printed on cloth, surrounded by 32 unrelated scenes.

Courtesy of President Franklin D. Roosevelt, 1936.

U.S. Naval Historical Center Photograph.

Online Image: 170KB; 690 x 605 pixels

 
Photo #: NH 53968

Steam Battery "Fulton"
(1814)

Lithograph by Ostervald, Paris, France, depicting the ship's launching, at New York City, 29 October 1814.
Note the small steamer at right.

Courtesy of President Franklin D. Roosevelt, 1936.

U.S. Naval Historical Center Photograph.

Online Image: 202KB; 1200 x 795 pixels

 
Photo #: NH 53969

Steam Battery "Fulton"
(1814)

Launching, at New York City, 29 October 1814.
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.

U.S. Naval Historical Center Photograph.

Online Image: 135KB; 740 x 565 pixels

 
Photo #: NH 53970

Steam Battery "Fulton"
(1814)

Launching, at New York City, 29 October 1814.
Engraving by G. Hayward, for "D.T. Valentine's Manual", 1852.

Courtesy of the Castello Sforzesco, Milan, Italy.

U.S. Naval Historical Center Photograph.

Online Image: 146KB; 900 x 480 pixels

 


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