The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1859-12-27
Trial Trip or the New War Steamer
IrOqu0fs.

Trial Trip or the New War steamer
Uslrxn STATES STEAMER TRoouos,
New York Dec. 10, 1859 I
We arrived in port last evepiog, concluding the trial
trip OF this fine ship the satisfaction of her officers and
bucrs fully realizing their most s.nguine expectations
The following Ia correct st Of her oaioers--
Commsn6er-James Palmer Iisatenants- Thomas q.
nssa Sl;t 60 sss
Fnenrsr- sier Henderson ssaoud Assistant Ea sinserJa.
Nj sr bcynten Msshpae@--chss j. a@sve.. aeary
Furssrs Uierk-Ed willard D'A'" "'1'A" '''A''
nsscNrnos rux VESSEL.
The Iroquois tho last completed OF the sloops
ofwar recently ordered by Congress- and the only one
built at the New York Navy Yard.
" the others the Pawnee $50 TONS and wyoming o.
DOT TOMS assigned Philadelphia; the Mohican 99a
TOMS built at Kttery tho Dacoah, 900 TONS at Cos
port; the Narrag anset, 500 tons, ut Boston, and the
Seminole, SOL tons, at Pensacola
Tue roquois constructed under the direction Of Mr.
Benjamin +. Delapo, naval constructor and registers
about $50 Her length is, an, 221 feet; length
at load line 200 feet BREADTH 50 feet 10 inches,
and depth updor spar deck, 10 feet
She has rig similar TO bark spreading y 900 square
feet Of CANVASS" run on wind" 1900 feet carries
sixteen days easy aseaming, and bar full armament is
three pivot guns and eight brosde though u present
she carries only eleven zach pivot guns each weigh
ing, With carriage $4,000 pounds and four thirytwo
,Younder broadside guns She draws thirteen feet ak
inches Of water aft and twelve feet forward
Her accommodations for officers aud are not ex-
elcd by any ship of the tonnage tho service,
every thing being arranged for tbs greatest degree Of com
fort compatible with economy OF space.
Her machinery, built by Nessrs James Murphy 4 Co.,
is the last their II Of hori
zonal back engines, both cylinders bavog 10.
diameter OF iiy four inches aud length OF stroke
of twenty eight inches, will work up to 900
power They unusually compact occupying space
OF only length by nineteen feet in breadth
and nine feet IN heightcve, thing being below tue water
line. Each engine works an air pump aud feed
pumpd from the piston, the exhausted steam from
both engines passing Dto snttace condenser" common
IL both, be again the boilers The engines
be stopped ana sed IN fifteen seconds and work up
TO eighty revolutions per minute.
The propeller shaft Is eleven inches in diameter and Is
fitted with pays au friction thrust bearing in addition
to the ordinary aDnular one.
The propeller is Of weighing 1000 lbs, is vo
baded twelve feet three inches diameter ami pitch
OF nineteen feet uay and hoisted Of
the when the ship "a uudrr sail.
The engine are supplied with steam by I NO Of Martin
vertical tube boilers containing thirteen furnaces each
about fee, By three feet Of gratc Taere
also small auxiliary boiler, Connected with which Is
small condenser for domestic purposes of the ship,
BILE Of producing gallon of fresh pc minute The
entire space Occupied by the boilers twenty five fest
long by twenty eight feet .de and half feet
high including space between them for treroom eight
feet In width. They have $40 fest Of
and 2e5 square of heating The weight
of engines aud boilers 10 about $50 tons.
The smoke pipe feet in diameter and may be
reduced in length from tofty i've feet eighteen feet
above dock, being 10 two parts
At 210 p. n. on the 9Th inst commenced TO work
out Of dock; in few minuts the ship took its proper
direction and for the fret time the Iroqnos living,
moving thing OF the 1t u moment Of intense
interest to ali board gradually let and
the ship began 10 feel tho influence Of her powerful
nes and yielded 70 them Willingly At this instant the
Petrol, Of the sound propeess came
past us, and with the coolest impudense
CULVER with indignation at tue insult; the engines
allowed to prove their merit, and in few
passed the Petre going at speed OF al least twelve
knots passing out Of the harbor of New York other
OF do.
At5P. N. discharged the pilot. and wc stood out TO
sea for Savannah with moderate breeze.
On Friday 9Th, had light winds engines at work
all day, except several stoppages incident to
-~chinery.
Under Alone seventeen to twenty four pounds
we made speed Of ten and three quarter knots with
On Saturday (loh) AFTERNOON, We, with smooth sea
and light breeze reached our highest speed making thr
teen alone twenty Ave pouuds pres.
sure tho propeller making seventy revolutions per
minute using twelve furnaces, with average consup
ton OF coal OF one ton per hour.
This than realizes the highest expectations as
the succcss Of the oqus and her to be- without
exception the fastest ship in the service whether screw
On Sunday (l1,h) made twelve knots, steam alone
with light who's ahead stopping frequently TO take sound
ings and lying oil ami Oh for pilot to Savannah.
We anchored Opposite aah at 8 A. NJ on Monday,
18th instant after Of the most successful trial trips
< ever made.
During stay Savannah the ship crowded with
visiters from the city, who evinced great admiration Of
ship, the beauty OF her appearance her unusually
heavy armament aud the perfection Of her machinery.
Our time 10 Savannah 10 hours, necessarily much
longer than II otherwise would have been from the fact
that took the outside course going much farther to
sea than usual and from our lying by so long Sunday
I'M make this our We
severe gale on Friday night giving as serious test TO
both ship and machinery rs could be desired.
We left the river In tine sly lie, with speed OF 13 2
knots.
About r. N. the steamer Huntsville OF our port
bow, butas standing out sea, while she Kept
in close 20 land, she Of sight
On Friday tho engines Ut work, working beaut
fully aud were not stopped until we arrived oil the High
Towards night the wind frcehened and II commenced to
With the ana the ship rolling very he.y the a'c3
About hour after m,nigAt all hands called on
deck 70 secure the ship the er rope having parted the
ship broached TO and rolled SO much to throw the Goals
out Of the furnaces
The helm finally secured and the chip sustained no
ricd away the davis Of broad
81 ie guns il fell All this time The engines worked ne-
H indeed they only salvation the gale driving
city on to lee shore; at the time the 1ier
rope parted, with only thirty two tathoms OF water,
strain could not have beea we'll put them as
the bows Of the ship plunged forward the engines would
Ievove with terrific rapidty, the next coming
the water. Had key rod broken, our supply Of
steam failed must have dri:tcd ashore but single
enng gave way-the engine worked as firmly and with
as much precision the day 1t first started
now 10 every respect in good couuion when
New York. .
For the rest Of the night stood sea- but with
the whole power OF our engines could make headway
not more than one to two kUots.
Too much praise be given to our boilers This
trip adds another to the many proofs already given of
their superiority over every other kindin the whole Of
our trip, both going and coming the supply Of
uniform and reliable, they perfect free all
foampg" In point OF economy they at least
twenty five per superior To those OF any con
struc'ion, ana must eventually into general USE
The condensng apparatus OF the engine worked we'll
that IL WIS not found necessary to blow OFF, the water
in the boilers either going coming trip, esab
fishing the excellence Of the surface condenseras good
vacuum being obtsined IN it US by the old method.
The Iroquos, although 'wet boat" strongly in
Clined TO roll In heavy sea- has nevertheless proved
herself excellent boat and Mr. Delano may be
well proud OF such production To him, with Messrs