The mention of the "Golden Age of Sail" conjures up images of seventy-four-gun ships-of-the-line and powerful frigates roaming across the open seas. But the fleet was dominated by Jefferson's gunboats -- small, shallow-draft, defensive vessels designed to maneuver and fight in coastal waters. Gunboats were never meant to replace larger vessels, in his opinion.
- ISBN10 0874135591
- ISBN13 9780874135596
- Publish Date 30 June 1995
- Publish Status Unknown
- Out of Print 16 March 2012
- Publish Country US
- Publisher Associated University Presses
- Imprint University of Delaware Press
- Edition Illustrated edition
- Format Hardcover
- Pages 208
- Language English