The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1863-10-07
II III Il N A " Y.
Launch OF che UntseA states Steam
UyAek.


Launch OF sAs UniseA States Steamer
Tia Nysok, Q, screw steamer, wss launched yesterday
~ Tie Brooklyn Navy Yard N presence OF large uunDsr
spectators, a.oss WHOM we're several dssinsashsd
pssons We noticed anoaG ohsrs Captain Drsyson, oos
q I've kasiAa onncen, and psarly all Vie oGc~s a he
yard Al precisely thEse O'Clock tho blocks we're cut
away and tss vsss, sdsd srassfuy into The water
amid NE chssn q The bsLshss rAs North Carolina
sand "s stationed % The poop and paaysd Hail coam-
biz" - ths vessel launGAsd. NJ Emma Pauldns,
daughter o. AdmsAi rHaidns, chrs,snsd the vessel
me sysck belongs 70 . new ,yp, Of vss
col recently introduced into The navy ne
success u we hAamss, oas OF the Hvvs
propslss Of moderate Dimensions ever buiis for NE
sovsnmsn proved Nal osAss vessels like her might ss
bst with advantage. Ships IKE the Niagara, Roanoke
end hermao the only othss psopssrs In she service
About maatns since Secretary wses issued an order
70 the dnsroD naval directing them ssm
A ssss Of small propelIsrs. 70 draw from
ton feet of wafer. They 10 DO built NJ fol
lows
Nam q VsSi PI.se,. Condition. Hhys 8n''d'"s'
NiTs~ ........ In comm ns ion =. Portsmouth, y. II
Pcquot ............ launched ..... Boston.
saco .............. Building. Philadelphia.
shawmut .Anoat. Portsmouth, N. IL
Tho Npsic was Tho nrss vessel Of the aest launched
She pus In commission . few weeks sincc a. Ports
mouth ~ H. but unfortunately broke part Of her pro-
peIler soon aftsr.
The gunboat Nyack gsnesaly acknowledged 10 be
tho most beautiful little craft aud Is Of . navy
yacht than any vessel In tho service She ono hundred
and eighty feet long ,hrtytwo feet wide, and twelve
fee, depth Of bold Her capacity 10 eight huudred tons
Her Nmamen, will consist Of six broadside eievsnnch
Dahlgren guns she viii also have two hundrcdoander
apvo. and thirty FOUNDER rinsd gun The magnitude
Of cam bo N
In former days Of nfty gan rigatss carried
her gun deck generally eight ton eighty six FOUNDERS
which then considered the heaviest metal that II
would bc proper 10 put board ship Subsoqn eDtly
eigbtnch guns INTRODUCED and three or four OF
these were considered very powerful contribution TO an
armament OF an immsnse ship of-war. But now this n
Tie NyAcka small screw steamer. not quito six hundred
tons burden--conains six broadsde elevoninch Dahl
gren guns, every Of them weighing over fourteen
tons that her armament alone weighs almost hun
drcd TONS nearly the burden of schooner almost
a. large herself, not 10 speak Of the immcnce pivot
guns. The movements Of which some years ago would be
considered fatal tho decks Of The stoutcst craft
sioat OF The engines OF such lliae vessel will
have quite enough 70 do TO produce great speed and 1t
10 be regretted that the Navy Department has not given
more machinery to the screw soops, and, indeed 70 all
vessels. Il 10 impossible for ship 10 20
nftecn sixteen miles hour IL she 10 load
ed down with . heavy battery Tho guns OF the
Nyack will; OF be the spar dock Ths accom-.
modatons for the tho berth deck, whore the
ordinary hooks for hammooks are fastened into tho
beams. The oficers' quarters AZ oonmodious and
comfortable ne space Al shs dpssal Of the constructor
would permit The storeroom for coal will enable tho
engineers to lay In eight days fuel 81 time
without much inconvenisocs The complement a mon
generally allowed to such vessel a. tho Nysck about
hundred.
NcREAsB OF rRB SAvy.
n vol known 10 many Of readers that Ots Tufts,
Esq, hAs been for months engaged In celebrating
plans for ZION vessels ofw Of = model different from
any heretofore built and has been urging ther adoption
upon the government Mr.. Tufts has received fon tho
government contract build Of these vessels after
biz plan, slightly msdt0ed ~ the government
The vessel will Be aso feet long and Of about oe
capacity and her coassrvc.ps v Dc watched with great
Interest BY all who Interested sereasng the en-
cheney Of our navy.
GussoAr MASslxnsAD.-Ths following is . nst Of tss
ofcss Of s.csa zunboat Marbehsss % Chsrss-
toni
Lieutenant Coamandsr-hIchard W. Meade.
Acting hasiy--csorys Martin (Exscuhys Oacsr).
Afsslafi ,Sureesa-R n. kidder
<cfswg Asssart Paymaasr--J. II. Milford.
Acting Eas.ews-C. IL Choais, u. A. Hartman, D. J.
Gross, George y. Winsiow, Wm. A. Duer.
Ehgsnsvs-Actng Second Assistant, Frank Henderson,
Third Assstshts II w. Buckley n. A. suther land w. u.
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AesnS ksays kats-R. low.