New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1863-04-14

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Sah Assistant s1rEsOn-oha ss"o1s snd TSIa ians
Ersinssrs-T. Il. Borlsy aud AbrAm Miehshs''
THE PATAPsCO. =.
Tb,s vessel ia of Delaware origin. she WAS yum
uay. for the Government and h one Of she nine
hov. Thar, 1. difference however In her
o., =, h., s,,., sh,n, Inesd Of carrying one in0h apu
epe l5-,psb gun she 10 armed with ono """ N Wv Nv
poupder an arrangement which was e"e'' 40
ef enabling her to engage an enemy s'doDs us' '" "
n.o.uayv 10 do 80 Ths,tral thp oil tne I"Sp'''
oes.ful Der engines driving her aoou' ,sH' x, -
Ca .. s,A ant At the Philadelphia NaVy'iMd' went 10
.maped there 9 few days. and then LEFT for
49,. arrange to ssy, ,hs arrived without en-
.-..rssr Cart Ammen. Il q native Of Ohio, entered
.,oo IN The regular course, on the It'll Of july 1896
~ c.,s,by sp R. Jones' William S. Porter, and others
n wears at sea- shore, and three Idle The
pst.r,oo's officers are;
800, D. Ammen; Lieut.. Commanding, H. EIkiu, j..
.o'p..bt Engineer, g. wbsrionj Assistant Surgeon
~ 4 Wheeler; ACHING Master, VIM. Hamilton; Acting As
" ~ p.ymsster D. Leach IT, I'd Assistab. Engineer,
Acting Fnsigns James Boss and Nv Klopre
% Assistant Engineers, j. W. Hurley aud g. q Cock fA0'
@: NJ. Mott
THE KEoKUK.
This is the well.known Whitney battery" the
s,d ronead vessel ever built in the CITY of KewYOk She
wa, contributed by Romeo Underh of the Dry Dock irol
he excellence of bis work. The KeOkuk atwOturet ram
sonceiyed On pre,eped for the adoption OF the
Government Commission. some years since by "n'ne'
Rowland. Mr. Rowland having undertaken 70 puna 'ue
Ericsson ships renquished bis connection win MI
pey Toe KeOkuKs Is an eItennon Oh 'n' pNA.
bono Of the vessel, II were aDs " comPosea VI
heavy wrought IRON 10 five feet long, y ioene' 'SA "
the front and ot and back to the main null o the EMP zen
a., Tb aim .p,Ions Of the ship Length over all lS9
All Of heam
A., G5oobs dr.usht Of water feet The hull IL built Of
hncb rolled plates Her sides stand angle OF 81 de.
sY,s, which thought will prevent artillery from getting
,ouse shot There inches Of wood Oh her deck
ana on the hull the bars Of Iron alternate for considerable
space with layers Of timber She has three keelsons run
ming the length Of the vessel and two fore and aft
hub.aJ. leaving on each side for the ships length sepa
nate SPACE aud forming inner skin and two waiersht
bvkhsd one forward and the other an which can be filed
With water advisable to sink the ship lower down These
can b. tiled in fifteen aud suted by pumps IN forty
minutes The forward also snother purpose
II that should receive wrench the leakage would be
sOned 10 that compartment aud would not smbsFfa's the
draw or endsnssr the ship
Thu ,bp will show an ordinary thin Of Is inches above
the water The rudde and propeller guarded by sn over
hsnspg structure and wrought iron on the AFTER part
The yee has cspscy in her magazines for 200 lnth shot
,aIlneh she'll shrspne and canister, small munon and
voder in proportion. Her armament consists OF two lineh
guns there only In each urret The tuets arc
81 inches iron II less than the Passaiae Mopisuh
However the inclination. the builder believed viii make
h.m strong enough The this se,s. DO revolve
9. all fbsy rsusn ,tstOnsry but the inside to
ID. desired point There three Of these ports in each tur
ret The about % feet in diameter at the base
and "A feet at the top, and stand feet high
The Keokuk made three trial tps here the last proving
that her machinery She went to FOre. Mon.
TO-. L there on Feb o. and arrived at Hilton Head in 1--WE
days sferward her inventor being on board
The following Is correct list Of her officers;
Commander A. c. Rbind Executive Officer Morssw For
rest Acting Psymsste John Reed Surgeon Geo. Sloenm
Chief EpgineeT. William X. King Acting Ensgus VIM. II
Buiss Alex Mcintosh. Ia se r. Hssesd Assistant Epgi
neers John H. Hunt William II. Smith. J. NJ EmArush, w.
b. @. West
The following cut shows vertical section o, the ship
hhiDs her framework and plating both in hull and urret: