Propulsion Type: Engine

Push boat built by and for the Charles Ward Engineering Works of Charleston, West Virginia.

An Elco 80′ motor torpedo boat

A large ocean-going, side-wheel, paddle steamer. Built in 1889 for passenger service between Boston, Massachusetts and Portland, Maine. Sank off Cape Ann during the Portland Gale of 1898 with all hands.

Confederate gunboat, built in New York City by the renowned William H. Webb as the civilian steamer Yorktown.

First Union ironclad of the American Civil War.  Fought famous battle with the first Confederate ironclad ‘Virginia’ here in Hampton Roads – the first battle between two iron ships.

First Union ironclad of the American Civil War.  Fought famous battle with the first Confederate ironclad ‘Virginia’ here in Hampton Roads – the first battle between two iron ships.

Chesapeake Bay oyster dredge built in Hampton, Virginia, 1916.