, 1861-07-13
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:ailipg corvette Savannah. s6 800 It's |
sai?ing corvette Macedonian. ~ 300 1871 /
sailing corvette Jamestown. q 100 95b !
sailing corvette Vincennes.. ~ 300 700 i
falling corvette Vandalia. -. 16 SUI 7SS i
:ailirS corvette Preblc ...... Is 300 5sG
Ealing corvette Dale ........ 18 AD $50
sailing corvette Marion $50. 16 Ou 556 /
sailing gunboat Seminole -. i 70 800 i
Sailing brig Bainbrtdg dge..-... 6 1De 359
sailing brig Perry: .-...;-..,. 100 251 ,
Three st0rekhtps {aruled1-... ! 11n :
1 C{al. .--.....,-+.....,.tS1 1Vtl1H JOs-sa i
THE FLAG~snlr. !;
The Minnesota is the "6ag.iu- chief" OF the i
olockadiDg Hcet, and hies the wide tf4g Of !;
Commodore Stringham Of New York. She :
was hauled in to the wharf at Boston, to be !
lifted ont for the ".ready' state on the 18th Of /
thought Of. She LETT Boston few weeks
since, touched at Hampton Reads, and seized !
ss300, COO worth Of abjps and tobacco to begin j
with. The Minnesota is one Of our largest i
screw steam frigates, eco tons burden, rates ;
10 guns, and was built at Washington IN 1855. !
Is only used BY her IN calm weather, OF when /
the winds are adverse. She carries coo tons
Of coal. and when under regular steam con-
Eun1es IL tons per dRy. Her propeller is
moved By engines Of $50 horEe power, which,
in case Of an emergency, may be increased to
500; and the machinery for hoistiDg and low
erirg the propeller is remarkably simple but
Of great fc1ce. She has made but one regular
crusse-in tho East Indies-from which she
returned perfectly rotten, in 1885. Although
rated for only 40 gnne, she now carries be-
tween GO and 20. Two of IL inch caibre, both
mounted at the stern, capable Of throwing
balls Of 160 pounds weight. The same NUM-
her Of guns, Of EQUAL size, are placed In posi-
ton at the bow Of the vessel.
The Niagara (attacaed to the Florida divi-
sion OF tho hlockading Equadlon) is the largest
man.ofwar in America = probably in the
world. Her first and second cruises were
made in company with the English frigate
Agamt mnon, in the Atlantic telegraph expo
diticn, when she was commanded by Captain
William II. Hudson, the present command
next Employed in carrying large number Of
captured Africans from Charleston, South
Carolina, to Liberia. On this cruise she was
commanded by Captain John s. Chauncey.
After her return from Monrovia the Niagara
laid i51c at New York for six or eight months,
when she was fitted up for the especial pur-
pcse Of carrying home the Japanese Ambassa
dors. a temporary house was built on the
spar:deck, running forward to the mainmast,
which it has been found necessary to remove,
that her full armament can be worked.
The Niagara Is 4 screw trigate Of 1900 tons.
and the frat vessel Of her class in the United
States Nary She was built Mt Brooklyn, New
late George Steere. The vesseI Ia SIS feet long,
&c sect beam, 50 feet hold, and is propelled by
three engines, WbAh car be worked singlg or
tcGether, up to 2,300 horse power. Her great
est epeeo, under steam, has been thirteen knots
PER hour, and under sail alone seventeen
cers. Her armament is the most formidable
and effective Of my chip in the navy. 1t con-
sists Of 11-inch guns for throwing shells weigh
Ing $50 pounds, and shot Weighing 270 pounds,
distance OF tour miles. Tho guns are all on
the spar deck, and working Oh traverse plates,
THE WABASH.
The Wabash (Gulf Division) was put in
commission at the Brooklyn Navy Yard the
few days afterwards. She Is, without e1cep-
tion, the handeomest ard most useful man-of-
war In the service. Every particle Of her
composition is in perfect order. Her arma
ment, machinery, hull and rigging, are cram
pies Of neatness. Her former Batteries, which
$S6, ,lS9. The present one will throw two
hundred pounds more, and will amount to
about Sa7 C0o.
: The Wabash is one OF the five splendid
eteam frigates constructed in 1855, She Is
$500 tons burden, carries 500 men and ~
guns. Captain Mercer, of Maryland, com.
mauds her.
THE ROANOKE.
The Roanoke Norfolk division} left this
port for the Gulf On Sunday. She Was built
at Norfolk, and nearly broke her back in
launching in 1855, ard has made only oue
cruise, which IVES not by any means a success
full one, Having done about q years impor-
tant service On the Home station, she returned
to Boston and Es6 rentted at \ cost Of $500,
0cO. Her repairs herr, on the present occa'
sior, must have cost $110,0 SO that about
three yea1s' duty have made her wear and
tear, exclusiye Of all other matters. a tax Of
s4l0,eC0 CT nearly 81 500 3 week. The Roam.
oke is SIT feet lorg, 5t115 feet beam, 10 feet
hold, and 5 400 tons burden. Her engines oc
the propeller is 148 feet long, Her armament
which Was put on bosrd some days since, coz
sists Of two 10 inch ptvot guns, weighing oTcl
10000 pounds eacb, twenty eight Q inch guns
G3 cwt: two Il pound heavy howitzsrs for tht
| launches; and two 12-pourd light howitzers fol
| the cutters. The 9inch and piTots are On the
spar deck; there are also 9 inch on the gun
| DICK.
THE COLORADO.
! The steam f1igate Colorado {Gulf division
| went in commission On the Sd Of June, Al
Boston, in compliance with orders FROM tht
| Nsvy Department. The Colorado is 800 ton:
| burden, carries A guns, 500 sailors, a n1arint
EuAlu u oV lsAHh aGu A1Si aAu u D4s1s5 bauo
! One Of he guns weighs ii, coo aud another
12,c COO POUNDS. She Tas built in 1855, ant
! neTer made cruise but one, namely, as flag
ship Of the Homo Squadron. She can throw
! broadside of ], ALA pounds, and her arma
[ ment cost ISL ,9940. On the 1sth!she sailed, ant
Ing to the treachcry Of Lii. Quinn, who tittet
| out her engines. She got AWAY after tempo
| ra1y stoprage, however. The Colorado's aIm
ament consists Of 40 Paixhan broadside guns
| two Dahlgren pivot guns and tWo howitze1B
| She carries 10000 pounds of powder, ant
small arms and ammunition. Commodore
| MerYine, now Of the Mississippi, will soo1
transfer his wide flag to the Colombo.
| THE rowuArAS.
The Powhatan {Florida dlviston) Is side
| wheel steam figate, e,415 tons burden, wa
built at Gospo1t 1850, and returned from th'
! East last year, bringing the Japanese to Sas
| Franciace. She was about to be overhaulet
! On her return, when Spanish movements il
/ Central America, and subsequently the South
! ern insurrection, neceasitated her rema1nlp:
in commission-but with a new crew. Sh1
| carries heavy battery, consisting often nine
! inch guns and one eleycn-inch gun, Il opntes
i on the forecastle. Thus armed, she is a ver.
| formidable veesel Of Wat.
THE MISSISSIPPI.
! This is the first American mar-ofwar eve
commissioner exclusively WILL NVlLNtIu jill
Gers. She Was dispatched to the Cult division
from Boston rot many days since, Conamodor
Mervine taking his quarters temporarily il
her. She returned from China LAST year, ha7
| irg 1nade two eruiaes In succession On this
station. TIE Mississippi WIS attached to th
famous japan expedition, aud previously t,
| the Pacific aud Mediterranean squadrora
While on the latter the famous kossnth tool
passage from Conatantincple to Ecgland. I
cost so 600 to fit her OFT lately. She Is stean
ftigate, rating l ,693 tons -b1Ethen,, carrying
| eleven gurs and three hundred and forty meI
! THE BRoonTS.
The Brooklyn Florida disisIonl Vas bull
by Mr.. Webb Of this city, In 1855, She
2,07o tons burden, rates with the st. Jacinte
Iar CATER, Hartford aud Richmond, and ca
fies twenty five guna- She has been in com
mission On the Home station aimee she fir:
went On actiTe duty, and hes carried Mr.. III
Lane and Mr. McElger to and from Mexico
The B1coklyn's machinery is somewhat sim
Il lar to that in the Niagara, bpt The Niagara hs
three erginee, fonr boilers, and the rest Of th
machinery In keeping with her dimension
The Brooklyn arrived Ut this port after N al
serce Of eight months, Wss oyerhaulea sn
went to SEA again
THE PAWNEH.
This "a q steam gunbust constructed bv n
!: Grf6tha, Of Ph1adelrhla. Her mschiner,
which has been breaking dowa e7erY we:
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