The New York herald., 1863-07-30
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DESCRIPTION or THE oNoNDAaA

DESCRIPTION or THE ONONDA0A.
The Onondaga was designed and contracted for BY Mr.
George W. Quntard the proprietor Of the Morgan Iron
Works Of this city; and Mr. r. r. Rowland Of he Con.
snenta Iron Works, had the best facilities for The con.
struction Of large vessel and well known for his
TO DO.
This vessel is unlike the Ericsson batteries in many "a
spects; the principal that she 10 without the large
overhangs which, In the opinion Of many seamen render
them more unpleasant In seaway than vesses without
question We give above cut OF th vessel which will
convey to our readers an idea Of her appearance when
The Dimensions Of the vessel are - follows--
Exuemc Icngto. ~ feet.
Length between perpendicular. 40 feet.
nsos1sn 0esm. ~ feet.
Doplh o. hold ....................... 10 feet
Yrat o. watef III TEA.
he worsnansnp dispi,y ID On This ve:s:, xorshy q
The highest commendasiou, % the builders have spared
ever So and % fsr a our humble juds~scs soes ,Ssv
have succeeded admirably.
Il describing th beautiful vessel vs win commence s
TIE sse = of the oest quality Of nangs iron, Inch
thck buttsd strapped and double rivetted and followed
out 60 AZ to orm Underway for the water which
sarny gets into vessel. Wa
he stem Of superior quality 0: hammered Iron, Of
suctsn th,ckDess and Of shsps 10 render very
vessel me stsrn post also Of hammered iron forged
" the form q knee, which renders u nrm and sob
ebo1tal.
vRAnHs AND y1ooRs
All the frames and noors OF angle iron, placed only
afew ioch:s apart - q 20 give great strength 70 me
vessel and at the same tme, making her neproof and
not labs 70 rot, Like wooded vessel.
There are no lees than n. se.,.op. r.,,,s ,,. ~
aft this vessel her entire leugsh which makea her IN
commonly strong.
she 10 provided with three water tight bukheads
formed Of half plates and stifFered vertically with
bars Of anglo iron An The doorways IN thee
nd in ~
vessel = injured there arc two compartments buoy
In addition to the three principal bukhsads are Inc ,ur
Ie oukneads form the turst chamber and support
Dsex nsAm AVID srAscuiom
All Of the deck beams and saDchlous are Of bar rou
separated By spaces Of eighteen inches from cens 70
stronger 90 deck and n osnss respects greatly suhsDcs
ner va'us ~ lighting vessel.
No one Who has taken even c..u. s,.pes :, ,,e 49,
o. tee Onondaga can TAIL 70 Be struck with the beauty
and nnish q her iron deck The a true as
without the uss Of any marine gse other compounds
The deck plating or armor consists Of two plates
down 70 The iron deck beams. The vale strars rses
three inches and half above the deck arm0r % an 10
; :,lo. w.odsa deck OAK 70 Be placed over y, .has
fort while doing duty on board Of sa roaciad Al the
openings where the turrs.s stand thsrs deck pal
ing and The snrret rugs bolt down the deck beams
The plating Of the hull Is put In two oourrs- the
pIales overlapping each other several inches 20 that
sncte ~ Do iesS W sn0h 0c0kmiog uetecned.
Her rudder s constructed the counterpoise prpse
a. are a Of Me sarreted iron cads the Roanoke
COAL sUSKERs.
All Of The available space In the wings Of the ve<sel
and alongside the boilers and chambers are used
for coal eunkers She can carry from lteen 20 twenty
days coal.
The armor plates were furnished by Mr. VIM wal,ace
In the selection of them more than usual care has
been taken, and, a. We noticed majority them before
They were put on our opinion s thai they uneasaed
n In Iean.x .~~~
they boast % much Of their armor plates.
The pates are q hammered iron, four and one half
twenty seven nchss wide, and the plates vary from
twelve V oiccn feet 10 length The amor secured TO
inch bolts having long oonsrsunk heads which pass
through the vale sake an4 screw up On wrought iron
washer and 10 prevent leakage. an india rubber grcnet
put under the washer and bstwecn and The side Of
the weasel
In addition 10 tAs armor IL was deemed advantageous
backing of twelve inches a Iccst and again outside Of
this another layer of irou AZ she is seems II she
Whole q these ccarscs iermiuatc al the stern, making
most formidable ram
In general appearance ard principle her tnrrets a
nch she W have do not diner from those II the
second batch q Frcyon Monitors, hut IN detail Of
strucion they dlner from them wiury. Ihey ere IN
er iarrs,s are twenty 10 diameter usdc
stru.led ~ sA Ule inch lsics, outside ~ which foar
tscb pa,-. aud outside u these are tso oge
nsh paise. ibfs dtfe - as ~ completely
balt laa,.s which have been knowo " ly sher heavy
snlt strikes tho turret fairly
rte Ep ~ the lnrrets are e,veied Win b mbgros
60 set ~ NJ bars ~ railrad ruf uh.h are ,e Ell t
another t.mbprocf N pate 'fon.
utNxf t,ciNfs
there two independent hct,sopai srgpss twelve
by sixteen inches. Which fnrDish rover 10 rs.0..
Abe ,atrsis rhey are sir.nr and vsty .werfuI
tnaf
one pllot house oniy will bc lsea whsh vi hs tssc-a
ite iurwafs inrret viii bs bau ib. ssse prfr.
a,re the turs es b., " IN te ten inshes thick wnn 70
two Dehss thicker ftar tisse Ur the N.E,t.s css~
Tts wsndits u hbcvn ~ .Ene fuar ADD n ca.
rat lsweffal, s,mpk snsi. 20 abs
ne ~ q sl. al u a sxn uyScf uauf&f