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Stevens Battery

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Stevens Battery - Building America's First Ironclad

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Stevens Battery Warehouse - Auto Batteries

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Stevens Battery Warehouse - Boat Batteries

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Generator Batteries - Stevens Battery Warehouse

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Stevens Battery Headquarters - Your Boat Battery HQ

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.
    • Background 

    • The 1844 design 

    • The 1854 design 

    • The Civil War and USS ''Naugatuck'' 

    • The 1869 design 

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