Burlington free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1827-1865, 1862-09-12
INCREASE OF THE L. NAVY.

/ article n TIE y 1 70 Eyenlng Post.
Ga the first day Of January, 1861. The
. Ua,,d States had only forty men of-war IN
c1nll.s..r. while England had two hundred
and tea. On the 25th OF April, 1862, the
/ United STATES had two hundred and eighty
men-o'-Nar commissioned, while England
had tw' hundred and lourteen.
We Lave built within the past year sixty
| eight new ye,sels, and We shall have IN six
months m9r,. nearly ono hundred new yes
! sals, oI which over fifty viii be non clads.-
These are all regular men-of-war,-notm mer-
chant vessels altered, all are constructed in
acc5ria c. with contracts from the Govern
mcnt
Our suu5ost feet now consists Of three new YES
sells built by contract eight by the Navy Depart
ment, and d number Of iron-clads for service on
the western rivers. The lames Of the twenty
three contract-buiit gunbuats are the Ottowa
Penn 0iua. seneca, Chippewa, Winonl, Unadilla
hissahlckon, sciota, Itasca, Huron, Clocura, sag
amore, katahdin, Marblshead, Tacma, Pin
ola, kanawhi, Owasco, kenuebcc Aroos-
took, hineo, Penobscot and Cayuca. The SIX first
named were built at New York. They are nearly
all now engaged in the blockade, and thus far
have fully answered the expectation Of their
builders. Not one has broken down in her ma
chincry excep. il actual Engagement. The iron
clad gunboais for the government for service on
the western rivers are the Cairo, Mound CITY.
Pittsburs, Cincinnati, It Louis, Carondeet and
Benton. These are nearly alike nd Of about the
following dimensions: length, rs feet; breadth
Of beam, 8 feet; depth Of hold, 8 feet. hey
are built wide in proportion to their length 10
give them steadiness. Their sides slope UPWARD
and downward from the water line at an angle Of
IS degrees. The plating where it is heaviest is
2 inches thick. They have five boilers Whicn
work il connection or independently Of oacd other
They carry 6 guns each.
In addition 10 these are the Essex, Fort Heu1y.
Choctaw, Tyler and others, which have have been +.
built by private parties, and either chartered or
purchas d By the government. On the western wa .
ters We have also Col Ellotts famous ram feet of 4
eight vessels, calculated to run down light built
wooden vessels.
The other iron-clads shoat are The Mentor, ,5e .
Galena, the Naugatuck and the lr. nsides.
The sIde-wheel steamers built under the j irc--
tion Of the Navy Department are the Tiosa, Ten
nessse, SunOma, Nebraska, Paul Jones Port Roy
al, Miami, Cimerone, Octorara anl Couamous-
Their tor mage Is from 500 TO 200 Uf this class
the Oc;orars, which was built at tie brooklyn na-
W yard and " hich has served as the fag ship OF
Commodore Porter's mortar feet, may be taken as
specimen vessel Her length is .O7 feet, breadth
b feet depta Of hold feet, draft feet 6 inches
She carries two ll-iuch gun, amilsh ps a.d two
lf d FaIr0tt guns.
q the steam frigs.es ol Tered, tEoare launched
They viii be all about 500 tons hurthen Their
names are the IIconderJ;a, Laekauanua, Cauau-
lligua, Shenandoah, Sacramento, an Ma1uuEa-
leia. The LackawaunI nay be taken as a speci-
uen OF the class. she is 2s2 feet long over an.
,3 feet inches breadth 4 beam. ard ] q ieet 10
inches depth Of hold sho tls two horiz utal
ack-action engines with cylinders a. inches in
iameter and so inches suose ..et propeller is
xed, Is feet in diameter, arl ia f,,t mean
itch
considerable number ei itou.,i.d vessels are
rucess Of building, although a. contracts are
iycn every a1ck, IL Is difficult o. tell precisely
ow many. Among these is tie iraH-platei rig
te az the Brooklyn navy yarc-.ae Roam, ke.-
he will have three turrets and powerful ram.
Nine Ericsson vessels are building, Wli.h are
limos; exactly alike. three al Graenpoiut. two at
,5stou, one d. Wilmington, Delaware, two AZ .
hester Pennsylvania. ard one al jersey City
teIr length vail be about 200 feet breadth As
.et, dcf-h II icCt. diameter Of turret 81 feet, s
lick.s II mch
The keel Of another Monitor has also been laid !
& Grleup0Ilt. llterent lom the others. She will q
q 2.5 fee; long, Is feet wide, Is feet deep, and
IN have two tu-reis. Reauy, Son & Co., Of
hester, Penn. have a contract for the construc- 4
on Of an u guEbost 255 feet long, 80 feet
ide and p i.lt deep. which viii be he only iron
de whcel steamer 10 tho world. Bes des these, b
30 u uuItors ale building at the same place.
A novel sci is near completion al the Dry d
ock Iron vs. orks built Oy Charles ". Whitney I
Another ye sci on the plan Of the Monitor is
uildins at Boston, 10 be 240 feet long and 800
ms burtlcn. A vessel $50 feet long is under way q
jersey City for California. An iron-clai vessel
in be Immediately commenced at Brooklyn Navy | 2
ard, 90 be 200 feet long. The keel Of another, y
be 80 feet long. was laid a short time ago at
C Delamater Iron Works. Captain Ericsson has
Gently made a contract with the Government d
r two immense iron-pls.ed ships Of great speed
II strength. One will be 20 feet and the other
% feet in length. TIE turrets Will be strong j
ough TO stand the shock Of 425-pounders. Mr.
ebb Of this city, has contracted to build an iron u
IA Of immense size, to carry two revolving tur-
Is. The plating will be solid iron, and there
ll be a cove Of l2-incl iron on the bow, from
lici viii pro-rude a solid projecting iron ram.
We have, therefore, the IrUnsidess Roanoke,
onitor, Galena, Naugatack, one submarine iron
opelllr, and eleven iron gunboats the WeItern b
-ers a1oat and twelve Monitors and ten gunboats ,,
the Ohio river, four Mississippi gunboats, one /
ln-clad at the Navy ard one at Boston, one at cl
eenpoint, one at Dry Dock, one at the pelsma- n,
iter Works, and one large ram building. 1t is
tied that Mr. Ericsson has a contract for still
other, which would bring the number positively
lit or building to fifty. II
The last Congress appropriated for iron-cssed =,
nboats, 1000 900, tor gunboats on the west ~
o rivers Sl0,000,000; for naval service for 1852
{, COS, 900. The SUN Of S22,3i3, ,ll3 03 is con-
med IN tbs appropriation bill for the navy for b,
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