Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1862-06-25
OUR NEW IRON.CLADs.
Future Navy Of the United states.

iron clad vessels now building.
Three hulls and six turfets by I F. Rowland,
at ereenpoint. Three sets Of engines and boilers
for these three huls are being Built ct the Della
mater Iron Works, New Ycrf city:
Two hul,s cofsiplete, with engines, boilers and
tufret, at the American Works, Boston, Loring
& Co.
Two bulls complete, with engines and boilers,
but without turfet, at Chester, Pa-Reany &
Sons.
One hull complete, with engines and boilers,
but without turret, at Wilmington, Del.
One vessel, complete In. every respect, at Full
ton Foundry, Jersey City, by Joseph Coiwell.
One vessel, Of new pattern, at the Dry Dock
Iron Works, J. 8. UndeThill.
Ericsson & Co. contract with the Government
for six OF the above Secor = Co. contract for the
one that Coiweli Is building. Chas. w. Whit
ney contracts for the one building at the Dry
Dock Works. The other two parties contract
direct with the eovernmsn.. THese are the YES
sels that are new under way.
The iron-clsd vessel Ironsides 10 nearly COM
pleted at Phindelphia
The U. steam frigate Roanoke is being COW
cred with ermor and supplied with turrets at the
Brooklyn Navy Yard.
THE SIX ERICSSON sArrERrEs.
Captain Ericsson has Contracted with the Gov
eminent to build six new Monitors. They will
be constructed on the general plan Of the Monitor
though IL is unnecessaryto state that in the build
Ing ofnew vessels each one will have peculiarites
OF its own: They will be much more powerful
than the Monitor, though built on the same prin-
ciple. Some Of them will be about 300 feet In
length, while the Monitor is only 10 feet long
a difference of 100 feet In favor Of the new ones
These will be by far the most powerful vessels
on the ocean. II 10 not deemed expedient TO pub
ish the details Of their plan now but It is SUN cent
to know that vessel Of this size, armed with a
l5inch gun, throwing she'll Of a thousand
pounds weight, cotld very e5silv sink the War
rior or Gloire. Each will be Of ,O65 tons burden
1 450 tons displacement, and IL feet draft They
will be armed with two Is inch guns and the
contract price is 500, 600 each.
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rectifed In these batteries, the pilot house being
placed on the revolving turret. and ventilati n
passing through the roof Of the latter instead Of
through the deck. The turrets are 81 feet in
diameter and IL inches thick-which Is 3 inches
thicker than the Monitors Their speed will be
10 miles per hour. The plates are being rolled in
MARYLAND and Pennsylvania All the rest Of the
iron, for frames, fastenings, &c &c, amounting
to several thousand tons, Is being made by Corn
Ing. Winsiow Il Co. and the Rensselaer, Iron
Company, at their works In Troy. Four OF the
vessels are TO be completed by the 1st Of August,
and two by the 1st Of September. Some twenty
eight hundred men are at work upon these six
vessels, and 1t 10 confidently believed by the con.
tractors that they will have them completed
within the stipulated time.
The whole six are intended for sea service az
well as for the protection Of harbors. IL is mis-.
taken idea 10 suppose that these vessels are unfit
for long voyages. The run Of the Monitor to
Hampton Rouds, az far az II proved anything,
seemed to viDdicate the opposite as the truth.
There were some difficulties with traing mat
ters. such as the water breaking over the smoke
stack and LEAKING through the deck, but other
wise the Monitor proved herself good sea goinp
boat Capt. Ericsson claimed for her that she
could live In sea where any other vessel could
live, she In constructed on the principle Of the
life-boat, and we have not heard Of anything TO
invalidate the truth OF this theory In regard to
her.
Nothing has happened yet to demon strate that
the Monitor could not make a voyage to Europe
with perfect safety, although we don't know that
any such ability is claimed for ber. The greatest
dinculty would be that the crew would have
very dark and close quarters In the cabin. The
models Cf the new Monitors are slightly altered
to make them much better sea boats, and TO give
them greater speed. They will be propellers
like the Monitor, with deck close to the water
line. q
The three gunboats which are being built by
Mr.. Rowland, at the Continental Works, Green
point, will differ from the others In having two
turrets. The frames, we believe, are entirely Of
iron. Their length will be 302 feet over all, with
a breadth OF beam Of IL feet, and depth Of hold
Of IL feet The armor is to be six inches In thick
ness.
The work Is well along on all Of them. The
plating Is going on as fast as possible The iron
ribs and plates are forged in 4 separate work
shop, but small forges are sst up round about for
heating the bolts. Az large q crew Of men as can
work with convenience are busilv engaged In
riveting the plates-NsW York World.