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The most notable floating batteries were built or designed in the 19th century, and are related to the development of the first steam warship and the ironclad warship. Demologos, the first steam-propelled warship, was a floating battery designed for the protection of New York Harbor in the War of 1812.
The wooden-hulled Aetna class had "straight vertical sides and a flat bottom with a very bluff bow and stern. Their armour plates, nominally 4 inches (102 mm), but in many cases were rolled 0.25–0.5 inches (6.4–12.7 mm) under thickness, were locked together with tongue and groove joints."
The ship had a full-length waterline armor belt that was 110 mm (4.3 in) thick at the waterline and armor to protect the gun battery that was 100 mm (3.9 in) thick. [1] Armored hatch covers protected the gunports and the oak deck was covered with a sheet of iron. The ship's complement numbered 280 or 282 sailors of all ranks. An additional 40 ...
The Floating Battery of Charleston Harbor was an ironclad vessel that was constructed by the Confederacy in early 1861, a few months before the American Civil War ...
Aoba was re-rated as a floating anti-aircraft battery. On 24 July 1945, about 30 planes from Task Force 38 attacked Kure, and bombed Aoba again. At 2200 hours, Aoba settled to the bottom in 25 feet (7.6 m) of water at . On 28 July 1945, the hulk was again attacked by ten of Task Force 38's carrier aircraft.
The rear part of the ship was later refloated and she was used as a floating battery although all of her 120 mm guns were removed. Initially only the two rearmost turrets were operable, but the second turret was repaired by the autumn of 1942. She fired a total of 1,971 twelve-inch shells during the siege of Leningrad. [18]
After lithium-ion batteries burned in a large cargo ship's hold for a number of days, the U.S. Coast Guard said late Saturday that the fire was out and directed the ship to anchor near Dutch ...
Lave was an ironclad floating battery of the French Navy during the 19th century. She was part of the Dévastation class of floating batteries. In the 1850s, the British and French navies deployed iron-armoured floating batteries as a supplement to the wooden steam battlefleet in the Crimean War. The role of the battery was to assist unarmoured ...