Navy Gunboats. A study of the history of the us navy’s. A gunboat is a naval watercraft designed for the express purpose of carrying one or more guns to bombard coastal targets, as opposed to those military craft designed for naval warfare, or for.

Contents 1 steam gunboats 1.1 wooden paddle gunboats (indian service) 1.2 wooden paddle gunboats (great lakes) 1.3. The first asheville (gunboat no. List of steam gunboats of the united states navy.