The New York herald., 1862-12-10
TAs navy.

TIE Navy
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Last evening Ne master w0rkmen who have been snGas.
- h putting ths arnor pAas n a. Roanoke met %
roatins Hotel end passook a sspsndid dinner in honor
of the compilation of the wos. Nr. W. B. Davis
M Steele. masser carpenter a he Broon Navy Yard
and several gentlemen indirectly connected with iron
cAds present., and AFTER the csah renoved,a
number Of toAsts dunk end speeches made. The
President Mr. Everett Of the Novelty Iron Works. Capt.
Ericsson, country and the press IN for their
duo share Of noss II pleasant time. and hs par
~ diA not break up until late hour.
Nxspis#KR-sx guns.-The United States ship King
hsher won't into commisson ~ o'clock Wednesday
afternoon Bosssn and hauled into three
O'Clock Thursday afternoon. The following list Of
her oihcers:--
Actns Maser Cossmaadi,s--J c. Dutch
acting Master. Executive 0Gcsr-Iienry Ellen.
Acting l1Sistap PoymastsT--A. Noel Blakemfn.
Acting ASSISTANT Ssroeon-W ili,am II. Wcsco I.
Acting EasGRs-lhomas +. Chaplin and S,,phen W.
Rhoades.
4cting Maaer's Aatss-wjlllam Nelson H. @ seaman
and Francis Jordan.
tons, Of the fastest sailing vessels in the
vice. She excellent boat, well ada pied for
cruising for which service she probably designed Her
armament consists of or sightnch sixty eight pound
she guns, twenty-five pound rifle arrott) and one
twelve pound rIcd boat howitzer, and well equipped
with rides, cullasses, divers pixies She viii sail
soon as the weather permits.
CoLoRApo--forty Jour guns.The United States steam
frigatc colorado sailed rm the Navy Yard, Portsmouth,
| Of her o.fcers;-
| Ciyaa,a- John X. Goldsborough.
Liemeaom C0moiaadi'D ana Execmtiee t3sc0-Edmund
". Henry.
! Liruenoat-Iienry W. Miller. :
P0,m0ster-John o. Bradford.
| Chic, Easinee,-Richard NJ. Bartleman.
(dStain al .NGrtnes-Ge0rga Il. Graham.
First Ii aeRuak of Mosiaes-Charle les A. Stllman
| Assistant smgesms-Thomas H. whitney and Matthew
Chaplain--Dayid x Junkin
| Aciing Nc,isrs-IIos n Blanchard and Thomas Han.
| rahan.
| Easqa-GOuyerneur X Haswcn.
Aoing Ens'sas-Henry Airey and Charles B. Barlow.
amg ;mg Sa S ss.so h"gse1naT,ss su. :, feDnMg.Sn.
| and G. s. Perkins.
acting 7aird Assis,aat En- ninseys-Archibald E. NcCon-
nell, Robert Wallace, Thomas j. Iavery and Henry B.
| Green
Captains caerk--Cnnord s. Sims.
| Pdymastys CLrI--Hcnry a. Holden.
Acting Most rs 4MatesJobn 5. Russ, Afford O. Child
Charles II. lIteicld John vesnara and Willis g. Perry.
Btdtsaain-Arm,stead II. Pomeroy
! Gnnnerjoiathau N. Ballard.
Cdpenter-Wiilam NJ Laightcn.
| Saimnkey-Wiam n. Maul.
LAUNCH OF THE SHENANDOAH
From the Philadelphia Inquirer nec. Of
Notwithstanding the cold winds about two thousand
persons were at the Navy Yard, on board OF tho
to witness the launch Of the shsnundoah which took
place from the upper ship house At one O'Clock guards
a. % n 81 ns oa ns %
measure, however, was only partially ctIecua About
eight hundred persons occupied the decks the vessels
among them were many army and navy officers and
| several master workincn belonging to the yard
ta quarter TO three O'Clock tho laborers began to
knock away the supporters. In short time the fabric
/ irembled The word then passed from mouth TO mouth
thai "she was moving, and tle whole building echoed
six minutes after three O'Clock when she
| started down the CREASED ways and touched the
| water. the SPECTATORS uniting in loud shout. AS
she parted the tiny OF the Delaware bottle Of
champagne broken the bow by Miss Pascoe the
Youngest daughter Of Isaiah Pascoc master plumber OF
The yard Upon the breaking OF the bottle the lady pro
ncunced, Gear tone, the word "shenandoah' and
thus the vessel chrsteDed. The glided
than half way river, alnot touched the
sard bar below Windmill Island. She then moved with
much rapdity up the stream. Two heavy lines were
out the force was 80 great that the hawser broke
with loud nose thus allowing the vessel 10 drift the
river without any check. It Was Ound necessary TO ct
go' the anchor The tugDot Frederick knopp then
attached, and te Shenandoah finally hauled along
side Of the sloop OF war ~nee st the main pier Here,
after some little difcc living freight safely
dis charged
The dimensions OF the Shenandoah are as follows
Length between perpendiculars. 225 feet the extremity
eDglh all s4s feet inches; the diameter
Of the screw propeller Is feet, and it will have four
blades, Her iall measurement is 1882 tons.
Tne Shenandoah will carry bowsprit. She almost
fac simo o! the gunboat MonoDgahea, only somewhat
sharper She will draw about fourteen feet the
remy OF the lead line She will also be able TO travel
at sea- at the rate 6f fourteen knots hour pro-
sens all the elements Of fast and thorough going
vessel Her shape and drawings arranged BY the
constructor Of the yard Mr. Henry Hoover II the In.
tenton to use steam as the earnest rover, whe sails
in Washington They will DO Of tho same class as those
Of the Monongahea. Juniata ana Adirondack. The She
nandoah viii carry niuc guns Three will be pivot guns.
fred in any direction. They will be one elsven-inch
Dahlgren gun and two two hundrsdpound rnsa PARROT
Altogether the launch very essful and I'll con-
cerned expressed entired satisfaction.