The Enterprise-class gunboats were a series of five wooden-hulled, screw-driven gunboats operated by the US Navy in the later half of the 19th and early 20th centuries. The ships were ordered in 1873 when the Navy stalled technologically in the post-Civil War era.
The Enterprise-class gunboats were a series of five wooden-hulled, screw-driven gunboats operated by the US Navy in the later half of the 19th and early 20th centuries. The ships were ordered in 1873 when the Navy stalled technologically in the post-Civil War era.
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