Show FIRST AMERICAN WAR VESSEL robert fulton dev sed formidable battless Batt lesh p in 1814 th first american war vessel was launched in 1814 the following ar tide and illustration published in a boston newspaper about two years ago is interesting robert fulton whose soul animated ohp enterprise was appointed the en gincer and on the day of june 1814 the 1 eel was laid at the shin yard of adam and noah brown her abbe and active constructors in the city of new yori and in little more than four months she was safely launched the following is fulton s official port on the vessel length on deck feet breadth feet thice neos of her sides as the Demo logs first american war sh p feet of alternate oak plank and cork wood carries 42 guns four of which are quarter deck and forecastle guns 44 and fur ther to annoy an enemy attempting to board her can discharge gal ions of bo ling water in a minute and by median sm brandish il lasses with the utmost regularity over her gun vales works also on an equal number of heavy iron p kes of great length dashing them from her sides with brodig ous force and withdraw ing them every quarter of a minu e such a description was certainly cal to strike terror into the heart even of the stoutest british tar |