Daily Ohio statesman. [volume] (Columbus, Ohio) 1855-1870, 1861-05-31
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From the O incinnatl Gazette.
Our Navy For 1851.

.he real strength of cur Navy7 This question
,an be well answered by referring to the fol-
lowing statistics, compiled from the annual Ma.
W Register just issued, together with other
official statements obtained from reliable author
Ity. To commence, we will first note
THE VESSELS OF WAR OF THE UNITED STATE:
NAVY
The vessels of war in the service Of the Uni
ted States are ninety; added to which are twenty
revenue and surveying vessels, and thirty aux
iliary steamers, recently bought for active ser
vice-to assist in the present existing blockade
making total of one hundred and forty ves-
sells. There are ten ships of the line,# whose
is 972 guns; ten frigates of sou
guns; twenty sloops Of war mounting 3e6 guns
three briggs, ofl6guns; three store ships, mount
ing guns; six permanent store and receiving
ships, whose armament is IA guns; seven screw
frgates,f Of 26l guns ten first class steam sloops
numbering l55 gune; niue second class steam
sloops, carrying 45 guns; eleven third class
steamers and tendera, mounting 40 guns; and
one floating battery. of six guns. The twenty
revenue and surveying vessels carry ~ guns,
and the thirty auxiliary steamers, part of which
are in service and part being remodelled, will
mount about 80 guns; making the total number
Of guns 2,4l3 Many of these guns are the
old fashioned carronade and the long pivot gun,
but on nearly all the steam vessels, the heavy
Paixhan and Dahlgreen cannon are used. The
tonnage of this force numbers l49, GAL tons.
NAVY YARD AND SHORE STATIONS
The navy yards aud shore stations OF the
United States are fourteen in number; and the
following are the number of officers employed
At Portsmouth, New Hampshire, l2 navy yart
officers, two marine officers and four civil off,
cers;t at Boston are twenty. seven navy yart
officers, two marine and four civil oficers; New
York, thirty-two navy yard officers, four ma
rine and four civil officers; Philadelphia, TWEEN
ty eight navy yard officers, three marine anC
three civil officers; Baltimore, ten navy yard
and one civil officer; Washington, fifteen navy
yard. ten marine and two civil officers;S Norfoll
and Pensacola Yards deserted and in the handl
of the rebel forces; Ssckett's Harbor, NeV
York, two navy yard officers; San Francisco
two navy yard and four civil officers; and q
Valparaiso, Panama and Aspinwal, one office
each, commanding store ships;r making to-
tai Of officers at the navy yards and store sta
tions amounting to one hundred and seventy
four men, exclusive of the fifty three officers
attached to the Pensacola and Norfolk Yards
who have been transferred for other duty.
OFFICERS EMPLOYED ON SPECIAL SERVICE.
The officers employed on special service ar,
as follows: On duty under the Treasury De-
psrtment, one captain and two commanders
lighthouse inspectors, ten commanders and two
lieutenants; on duty connected with exploring
expeditions, two captains and one commander
on ordnance duty, seven commanders and si1
lieutenants, and at the United States Naval Oh
servatory, one commander and seven lieuten-
ants. There are also FIVE professors Of mathe
matics belonging to the department Of the OBJ
servatory. The Coast Survey may also be sal
to belong to the special service, connected wit
which are two commanders and twenty lieuten
ants.
soUADRoNs.
A squadron is any number of vessels station
ed on the coasts for the better preservation o
our property and of our mercantile marine, a
home or abroad. There are six aquadrons, viz
The Home Squadron. the Brazil Squadron, thu
Mediterranean, the Pacific, the East India an,
the Africa Squadrons. The Home Squadron
(as far as we can ascertain) consi1ts OF sbou
twenty steamers of various classes, mountin;
1876 guns, three gunboats of fifteen guns, ant
twenty.seven sail vessels of various classes
mounting 2S7 guns, making total of fifty yes
sells, with 430 guns, mostly of heavy csliber.
The Home squadron, with the exception o
the receiving ships, will constitute the present
blockading squadron. The Brazil squadron
numbers three steamers of twenty-seven gun
and one store ahipof two guns, making tota
of twenty nine guns. The Mediterraneal
squadron, two steamers of Elk guns and on
frigate of fifty guns, making total Of fifty.si
guns. The Pacific squadron, four steamers o
forty-two guns and three sail vessels of sixty
two guns, making total of l04 guns. Th
African squadron, three steamers Of ninetee
guns and three sail vessels Of sixty-four guni
making a total of eighty-three guns; and tn
East India squadron, two steamers Of nine gun
and two sail vessels of forty gurs, making
total Of forty-nine guns. There are also eigt
more small steamers fitting out at the variou
navy yards, OF light draught, to be used for th
Home Squadron.
OFFICERS ON AND OFF DUTY IN THE UNITED sTATI
NAVY.
The number of officers in the United Stat,
Navy is as follows: senior flag officer, who
captain and ranks as commodore; 78 captain
on the active, and 10 on the reserved list, NAL
ing "a captains; ia active and l3 reserve con
manders, making l27 commanders; 32l acti,
and 80 reserve lieutenants, making 35l lieutel
ants; So surgeons ranking as lieutenants OF
commanders, % passed assistant surgeons ranl
ing as masters, 36 assistant surgeons ranking
passed midshipmen, making in all l4S surgeon
64 paymasters; 40 chaplains "a; professors
mathematics IL; masters In the line of prone
ton, active list 36, reserved list j, masters n
| in the line of promotion 9, making a total OF
masters; passed midsbipmen 2; midshipman
midshipmen, graduates of the Naval Academ
SIS; acting midshipmen 267; boatswains A
gunners At; carpenters 45; sailmakers 40; chi
engineers %; first assistant engineers 43; se
ond assistants 80; third assistants 80; nav
agents IL naval storekeepers Is; naval CO.
structors 8; agent for the inspection, test q
purchase of hemp !, and agentsfor the preserv
tion Of live oak and other timber s; making
grand total of 1,6O5 naval and civil officers
the Navy.
| THE NAVAL ACADEMY II s ~
The Naval Academy, which was situated
| Annapolis, was instituted for the instruction
midshipmen and apprentices, for the purpose
learning them the art Of navigation and gu
merry, and general naval science. II lis govern
by an academic board Of one captain, four lie
tenants and five professors, with q corps of |
sistant instructors, professors and warrant o.
GERS, consisting Of eleven lieutenants, twen
professors and assistants, having two surgeon
! one paymaster and chaplain, and five petty ,
fcers. Attached to the school Is the practi
chip Constitution, (Old Ironsides), under :
charge Of Lieut.. G. w. Rogers; and In this VI
sci the students take an annual cruise, the bet
to perfect themselves in the knowledge Of 8,
manship. Many Of our most enterprising you
officers are graduates from this Academy, al
| It is to bo hoped that il will be still kept
The Pennsylvania, 100 guns; the Delaware, 81,
the New York; 6i were recently burnt at Norfolk M
Yard, in Virginia. 3iisffw z4lf
I The foe. screw frlgate Merrimac, 40 guns. q