New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1862-08-18

steamer Of great strength, anu tho1eieu WIN
view to creed. She is pierced for 1S guns, but car.
rjes only g. viz: 4 Dahgren and Parrot guns.
The Captains room is amdshps, on the gun deck,
tie wardEoom and mems quarters on The berth deck,
and the engine on the orlop deck.
The gallant action Of the Galena on the James
River has concusively proved her suceess. She Is
now stationed with the fleet there.
TIE NAUGATUCK.
1t has been supposed that this vessel was al from
clad steamer built especially for war purposes; but
such is no. the case 1t is simply an iron-cad canal
boat propeller, constructed for running upon the
Delaware and Raritan Canal and arranged to be
submerged at pleasure, and TO serve as model lot
the large Stevens Battery in course Of construction
at Hoboken. This propeller was ALEC arranged 'or
submerson by Mr.. Stevens at Hoboken, and then
presented 10 the Government. II embodies most oil
the principles on which bis larger battery is built.
The dimensions of the Nsugstuck are as follows;
Length over all lOl feet breadth, including oui-
waks. % feet; depth of hold, feet. She con-
structed in four compartments OF about equal size'
those at the bow and stern being intended for water
and the uidship sections being occupiedby She crews
Quarters and engine rooms. Beneath the deck Is
another compartment running the whole length OF
the ve,sel also intended 10 he filled with water when
the vessel Is in fighting trim. When this compart-
uept 10 empty the vessel draws about a feet OF wa
ter, aud when illed-which is done through waves
connecting with the larger compartmenis-she draws
within few inches of feet. Around the vessel
bulwarks are constructed Of white cedar ~ feet IN
depth, 20 inches thick, and extending Is inches
above the deck. TIE object Of this is to afford
buoyancy and protection. Her armament consists OF
one l0O-pounder rifed gun and two l2-pcund howit-
GERS. The former is so placed as TO point forward,
and space in the bow is made to open, through
which the fire is delivered and the opening at once
closed TIE gun is loaded on Stevens's principle OF
lowering the muzzle beneath the deck. The Manga
tuck is now in New.York harbor waiting for new
gun.
The Nine Monitors.
Beside the vessels named, there are nine iron
clad cunboats in course OF construction and nearly
finished The localities Of their construction are as
follows: Three ut GreeDpOint, two at Boston, one
at Wilmington, Del, two at Chester, Pa. ono at
Jersey City, These will be all perfectly alike. In
describing their similarity TO our reporter, Captain
Ericsson said: If one them foil into hole the
other eight would ii in it exactly" Their chief
dimensions are as folows: Length all 200 feet;
breadth Of beam, IS feet; depth Of hold, II feet;
dismeter of turret Il feet; thickness Of turr&, ii
incbes; armament, two l5-noh Dahlgren guns. Each
will be Of !. Os5 tuns burden ,450 tuns displsce.
ment. and IL feet draft. The contract price Is
siOO. 900 each. Several DEFICIENCIES in the Monitor
will be rectiied in these batteries, the pilo-house
being placed on the revolving turret, aud ventilation
passing through the roof Of the latter instead Of
through the deck. These, it 10 well to report, will
have only one turret escb
The HULLs.
The kees are to be Of the beet quality hange iron,
,inch thick bu.ted and strapped every six feet, and
followed out inches deep and Is inches in width,
form "wa,er timber" the fore and aft vessel
straps to be inch thick, inches wide, and thorough
" fastened with four rows Of finch rvets. The
fore and aft center keeson is to be formed Of plates
81 inches wide half inch thick and II inches long
and well bound with angle iron.
The bulwarks or arInor timbers are to he com.
posed of series of vertical blocks Of oak, IL inches
by l2 inches securely fastened by angle iron. These
will be covered 10y longitudinal trnbers running from
end to end Of the vessel varying in thickness accord
ing 10 the general curvature The three lower lon
gudinal timbers will be of pine and the two upper
of oak. The planksbeM, which forms part of The
bulwark, viii DO made Of oak, Is inches wide and
II inches thick.
| Around the outside Of tho veseels and ia plane
with the hip portion of the hulls, there are TO be
horizontal arInorshelves, Is inches aInidshis d..
minishing by fair line to - inches wide Near the
ends.
The eide armor, 10 te fastened 10 the wooden bull
warks will be composed Of five courses Of plates,
measuring five inches in thickness. No plate 10 to
DO less than sixty inches long, and the edges are TO
be planed and accurately fitted The arnor will ex.
tend 81 feet below the water-iDe all round the YES.
ses, projecting 3 feet inches beyon the huls.
4 The courses Of the hull plates to be run fore
and aft ard to bo put in outside and inside streaks,
the cardboard streak to lap the keepate four nohes
and all tie other sseaks TO lap q inches; the ends
Of the plates to be buted and strapped with pieces
eight inches wide. All the seams are to DO made
fair and straight, and to be split and caulked and
painted with the best red lead paint Tie plates
will be tbree-quarters Of All inch thick.
The deck beams will be nude Of oak, 10 by II
inches in the middle, and 10 inches deep by II
inches wide toward the ends. The deck plank will
he of pine, 7 inches thick and inches wide. Crown
of deck between extreme points OF bulwarks, 6
inches. The seams all 70 be thoroughly caulsed and
;itebcd AL deck matches for entering the vessels
taking in coal, or for vontating purposes, or for
obtaining light, will be formed Of wrought-iron
frames inserted into the deck, as to form water
tight joints these frames " be accurately faced and
provided with appropriate covers made of wrought
iron inches thick, with of fastening the same
from below.
The deck plating will be eompofed OF two thick.
nesses Of best wroughs-iron plate, each half Inch