The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1855-04-21
Naval Intelligence

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Naval Intelligence
THE NEW STRAIN FRIGATx MERRMAc.--This is one Of the
six steam vessels OF in the Of construc
on Tor our navy She is on the stocks in Charleso IN
Navy Yard, and Is far advanced that she could be
made ready for launching, II required in four or Ave
weeks. Her hull is nearly complete, and all her decks
her machinery < few Of the principal dimensions Of
her model aud the style Of her construction, will doubt
les: be interesting to our nautical readers she s go
and 2sl from tbs knight heads to the tsraii her sx
treme breadth Of beam is 81 feet inches breadth
upper deck "A fet depth SO feet 10 inches and
about $500 tons Her dead rise at half floor Is 81 inches
81. and the S s y
lower deck the gun or main deck ana spar or upper
deck She has also 1roR decks one fotw,ra and the
arched forefoot, and concsvs lines but her lgnt
harping she is full the general run Of well mo
dslled Atlantic pa sket ships Her stern rounded and
appears to have just swell enough to bear her bat
terry WELL and at the time maintain tho
ticnsl reputation for beauty OF outline Our ships Of
world over from the ships of other Iasions. by the
beauty Of their models We question II there is more
frjgate than the Congress. But, no xever beautiful
models, we have much to learn in the application OF
steam to our ships Of var before W. can even claim
hoped that the ak ships building viii prove what
their designers ntendedhe best Of their class 10 the
world. 1be Merrimac q frame is of live oak built solid
and caulked up to the frs uttocks and s diagonaiy
braced with iron, and her ceiling and pankng
are g. whit: oak fastened aeF ass. i sided
and built 10 inches into the hull The asor timbsrs
are sided Is inches and moulded II, and inside the
keesons boted through all the copper. Her ceiling
varies from eshto six inches in thckness her gar
boards are ten inches bottom panking Ave. and wales
iurhn In strake hAr ~
driven through every frame and cnched and two bolts
blunt thus she is square fastened With copper through
out. There is not tree nail in her. The deck frames
alone Of hard pnea the rest of her hull is OF live
and white oak and freely confess that better work
knee hook scarph butt is unexceptonabls We have
nspet ted her several times and from first to last have
been astonisbed at the vigilance aad skill displayed in
her work maDshp. The naval constructor Mr.. Deano,
and those under him, entitled to great credit Mr.
Delano has had much experience not only Ia our navy
yards hut 10 mercantile yards. He was Mr. Samuel
Halls foreman when Mr. Hall built many Of his finest
vesses-vessels whose performances established his
putaton as one Of the most successful naval architects
in the country. The Merrimac however, was designed
and by John Lenthal Esq chief OF the Bureau
Of Construction, at Washington, and has been bailt
auxiliary her sails; she wi therefore, be full
rugged ship and when under her propsller will
clear Of the water Eight or ten knots under steam are
all that er engines designed to perform Her main
shaft s fourteen inches in diameter feet long, with
three bearing and her propeller is II feet inches In
diameter with two blades of conical FORM the tapered
ends at the circumference to diminish leverage Her
gearing 81. o vim Ss %
think, Is mistake. In our humble opinion she would
be more Efficient with Forbes rig having the topm.ts
going head to wind she could strike her topmasts with
ease and in action required could shift topmast
shot away and still have lower topsails left The advan-
taees Of Forbes rig for ship Of war are SO numerous
and manifest that we are astonished our friends at
have Ss liz feet t. sa
msnyard 10 feet inches square, and the other
in proportion Her armament will consist of two loinch
deck, "a 9ipch guns and IA inch guns, weighing
spectivey 81 81 and SO cwt, all designed for shell as
quired she could mount Is heavy guns and be-
ve could carry them too, for she has great apparent
buoyaBcy We believe she win prove an excellent ship
very swift and westhery under canvass. Her engines
are at the West Point Foundry, set up ana in use
On s
the first Of June Boston Atlas.
The FRIGATE ST LAWRENCE reported BY telegraph at
days from Valparaiso. Until rsce ntIy the 81
was the flag ship OF the Pacific squadrsn The following
is Inst Of her officers :-Commodore Bladen Dulany;
roor John A. wnslow Thomas N. Brashcr ard Charles
W. Place; acting lieutenants Greeneaf Ciley and Will
Bates T. pas.sa
seon, Washington Sherman, acting master, Samuel Ma
eaw assistant surgeon, Randolph Harrison; arst lieu
George W Young; midshipmen Francis N. Ramsey,
Allen lizard, and William A. Kiriland; boatswain,
Sohn Bates; carpenter, William D. jenkins.
PROMOTIONS -Charles II. Nc Blair to be commander IN
the from the 18th April 1885, vice Gerry lost in
the Albany.
Edward BIinley to be lieutenant in the navy from
the 18th APP n, 1855, vice A. Lewis, deceased.
Edward Simpson to be lieutenant in the navy from
the 18th April, 1855, vice McBlair, promoted.
William g. Temple to be lieutenant In the navy from
the 18th April 1885, vice W. W. Bleecker, lost in the
Albany.
George p. Welsh to be Lieutenant in the navy from
the 18th April 1855 vice NJ Hunt lost in the Albany
Samuel p. Carter to be lieutenant in the navy from
the 18th April 1885, vice John O. Adams, lost in the
Albany.
William Nelson to be = lieutenant in the navy from
the 18th April, 1885, vice Henry Rodgers, lost in the
Albany
y; q. Wright to be surgeon in the navy from the
18th April 1885, vice SA McCreery, lost in the Albany
Passed midshipmen W. H. Wilcox John T. Barraud,
Thomas Roney, John H. Upshur, John Van N. Philip,
Samuel r. Franklin, and Francis G. Clarke, to be mas.
ters in the line Of promotion.
ACTING SECRETARY NAVY. the absence OF
secre tary Dobbn the President has authorized Charles
W. Welsh, Esq, Chief Clerk OF the Navy Department,
10 oficiate ~ Acting Secretary Of the Navy.
Destr uctive Fire In New Orleans.
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