The New York herald., 1862-03-30
Il III e n AV Y.
The Brooklyn Navy Yard.

! Yard Brooklyn, the United States steam soop
| orsgsr Roanoke has been foatet into the drJ
dock. whore she e undergoing tho necessary al
terations for rocsiving her armor. large numbe'
| of men employSt on her. and, from the rapid ad
vancsment already mass will not be very long before
she will be doated again icto her native eoment The
Adirondack, having received Der machinery has bean
brought back to the yard 10 have tho damage she
tanned Wednesday last repsirsd Tina Massachusetts is
nearly finished and viii 60 commission the coming
week.
Lieutenant G. H. Cooper the executive officer Of tho
yard, has been appointed to the command OF tina Mas
sachuses, and his place will be led by Lieutenant T.
Scott Filebrown an experienced officer or nearly twen
The Dawn has not received all her machinery yet, but
Is progressing rapidly and the savannah and John Adams
are laying up at the dock after being dsmaned The
force OF to work the ackawanna and Tconderoga
has been diminished consequence OF the great hurry
in ttng out the Roanoke, and they therefore not ad-
vancng toward completion as rapidly as before yet the
amount OF work done them for the past week speaks
well for the operatives. The number or employed
is about 0OO and everything about the yard de-
oOme. There has not been any change in tho marine
barracks, the number OF men there being about 200
They all ns healthy looking and their morning
| dress parade forms worry snvening scene
| The steam gsnboats, Fort Henry aud Somerset.
will 60 into commission tomorrow. The Following is
list OF their oaicers-
Acting Lieaessans Co~smamdssg-Joseph O. Walsh.
| Adiwg Master-Jsmss D. lDgraham.
Actia0 ASsisaM 'Suvgeon-J. Stevens 81
Act.ng Assistam Paymsstr and c,erk-Dauie whaien.
Acain0 Masters Matc--W. Fl. Mclean.
4ciV Second Assstcs Eng,nesr-Mtcholl Dandreau..
AcHwQ Third Assistam Enginsss-James Ward aud
Chas Mincrly.
LieutesaM C6mntaadis0-Earl English.
Acting MGaer-Wm. H. Dennisou.
Aclsng Assistant Paymas aster-Sherman W. Adams.
Acting Masters Mates-Chas H. Brantingham, lhos. M
Toombs and John Stratstenberg.
Acting Second Asus1nt Engineer-W. ID. Peters.
Acting Third Assistant Engineers-Elisha Chapel, VIM.
H. Smith and Daniel Il. Stillsan
Affairs Mt the Charlestown Navy Yard.
LAUNCH OF THE GUNBOAT cANANDAIGUA.
The steam sloop war Canandaigua launched at
Charestown Navy Yard last Friday. This vessel is 600
burhon and has been completed under the superv
sion OF the naval constructor William L. Hanscomb in
superior manner. She carries throe elevennch shoi
guns, on swivels-one amidshps ono forward and one
aft. She has besides six ports-thres on each side
which may may not be supplied with smaller guns.
32s Parrott 49, The dimensions of tho vessel
folowsIength from end OF cutwater to the tafra (or
extreme lengthy 258 feet length between perpendcuars,
22s feet depth top Of rail to bottom of keel (amid
ships 25 feet depth Of hold from tho mdship line
gundeck 6 feet 10 nches width beam extreme feet
ipches beam moulded, 81 feet inches. She will draw
about fourteen feet when fully loadod Hor masts
three in number--a square rgged foremast, with
schooner rgged main and nizzen masts.
The gunboats Geneses and Tioga will be launched next
week.
The sioopof.war Honsatopic is still in the dry dock
Sho is coppsrsd, painted, and her 'fan' placed
tho sternpost on Wednesday forenoon.
The sidewhsel steamer Maratanza has her ongne
and machinery all SO. up also her mass ana rigging
aSS
will be ready to launch next week.
The soops war (screw) Housstonic and Macedonian.
steamer Maratanza (Sf0at) slOopofwar Canandaigua,
gunboat Ganesce and sdcwhes steamer Ecga (on the
stocks1 arc she only vessels now at the yard
Lieutcnant, II. c. f1agg, who has for some time had
charge Naval Rendezvous in North has been
ordered for duty to the receiving ship North Carolina,
the ss ssss
Naval AffAirs In Philadelphia.
Il is expected that tho Rhode Island which Is
undergoing some repairs in her coppering at tho Phila
dephia yard will DO ready for sea by the 5th OF the
coming month Tho schooner Samuel Rotan also being
repaired and repaniod she will be ready FOR about
The Same timo as tho Rhode Island. The Wamsatta
Aroostook, which have been the sectional docks OF
Messrs Simpson Neal, ready for sea, and will
eave as soon as orders 70 as eTSs @ arc
yard The Junata is still on the sectional docks OF the
ard and after she has received her copper will be sue
ceedod by rigatc Powhatan which has becn entirely
dismantled The Bouongahela has made rapid progress
with her plankng, and it will be but very short tue
before she will be ready for launching. There are now
about one thousand hundred and ffty engaged
| in tho yard
The stevens iron.cad battery Naugatuck arrived a
Phiadelpha Thursday Her trial trip is reported "a
being very satisfactory sns having made about clover
Tho United States despatch steamer Rhode Island vii
sail from the Navy Yard Philadelphia, on tho 4th O
April taking provisions. stores aud the mails for th
| several blockading squadrons.
| Trip of the United States Steamer Guard
from Ship Island 20 Kcy West-Vcsseli
at Key West-Pr0m0tiOn OF Master's
Mate Geo. vinccnt-Illness OF Comma N.
der HodRden-List OF the Officers OF the
Guard, &c.
UNITED STATES STEAMER GUARD,
orr KY wEsr, Fla. March III, 1862. !
wc arrived at this place on the 18th inst, from ShiI
Island wo and here the United States ships Katahdin
Cayuga, Guard, the flagship Of the Eastern division
Com. Mexican, the Niagara tho Nightingale, Oneida
Davis King Fisher, aud several others whose names
havo not learned. The French man ofwar Milan is still
| lying in the hsrbor. Ono Of our onicers-Mastcr
| Mate Geo. Vincent Cassidy, OF Now York city
| was agroeaby surprised to find an official docu
| mont announcing his promotion to Acting Master
| United states Navy. We can all testify that th
signal mark OF tho appreciation OF our government o.
HIS services is we'll bestowed and that he will do honor
| his straps We all know. Commander Hodgdon OF th.
ship quite ILL., and will probably be ordered home OF
| sick leave this week Who his to We
have not yet heard. Surely not who will be
| beloved by officers and crew than Commander J. II
| Hodgdon OF Philadelphia
Our other officers are r...rf
Erer,dts 0Dieer.--Gco. V. Cassedy.
SvDrVn.- tcering Gilbert.
poymdssr.--Cso ID. RedAeld.
Masters Maes-Thcmas Richards and A. A. Franzon.
paymdser's Clerk-Frank Cargill.
Surgeon sSseord.-Wm. Edwards.
Cunner.-Thomas Ford.
Corpentcr.--lrank II. Stolrns.
Sad Maker.-John Il. Wilcox.
BD1isu0tns Mdfcs-Thos =. Preston, Francis Duny.
MaSeT-a A Arws--.John Smith.
ArmorT.-van B. Parington.
The Connecticut expected hourly. This mail goes by
| the Constitution.
Trial Trip Of the Steam Gunboat Marble
head.
TO THE EDITOR OF THE HERALD.
UNITED STATES STEAMER MARBLEnEAD,
OLD POM, March - 1892. )
Christening comes in Importance aftor the birth
of child and know Of no better way Of celebrating
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