Wilmington journal. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1844-1895, 1863-06-18
From, the United States.

YANKEE NAVAL PREPARATIONS
FROM late issue of the New Yoik Herald we clip
the following interesting account OF some OF TIE naval
preparations now going on at the North
visit to the GOvernm, ut sI1pyards In this Vicinity
enables to form some idea OF the magnitude oil our
navs-operatons ibe temendous iron frgatss pur-
tan and Decatur the huge ram Dunderourg the iron
cads Mlantonomah aid OnoDdaga the toden yes
sells Metacomet Mendoza Shamrock, Cbenargo, Mack
NAV, Peoria. Nyack NJ mme /; ard, in Jersey, the
ircn eIads Manhattan, Mahopac and Iecumseh, ere all
in various stag Ct progress. The following brief &C
count OF their condition embraces all that necessary
to knaW:
The Puritan aud Dictator are the two Ericsson
ocean iron cads each being $40 eat long ard hay
ing the largest cylinders attached TO their engines ever
built for q owar thus rendering 1t probable that
they will be the fastest vessels OF their kind in the
world Both are in about the same state the rigs
of the bulls being all up and portion OF the nEer skin
of going The inside bee ms on the boz
tom being put in their places. Every bolt fasten
ing the interior aror to the frame OF the hull put in
hot ard hammered home 10 the same manner. The
present appearance of the vessels is little different from
that OF the skeleton Of ordinary first rate IN frame,
except the the beams are iron instead Of wood. be
plates to be put these vessels preparing apldy
so that they may prooa5g be completed this time next
year.
The Onondaga Mr.. George Quintards vessel is near.
ly iushed and will be launched next week She is al
most exclusively iron. has her plates put id solid
hickneeses Ike the Roanoke but has no wooden back
ing uud, them The oVerhang, which seems TO be an
Objectionable feature in the Monitor is dispensed with
in this vessel She has turrets like the Ericsson batter
les, al viii be armed on the general plan Ste
is nearly 400 tons heavier than the latter, although
stranger might mistake her for OF them she now
locks on the stocks.
The iron cIa3s Tecumseh, Manhattan and Mahopac,
building in Jersey, all belong to the first batch OF light
draft ssels ordered, after the complet of tie nine
Monitors. They all well advanced, have arHor Gov
ering them, and will be completed by July. Each has
one turret pierced for two guns which may BE- OF IL
l5nch bDre the Department dec DIES. The -iessrs.
Secor building them, Mr. George Birkb, OK superin
tending their construction. The COmauchle is also
building here bat any mention Of her in detail is pro-
hibed tor good Capt Perine and the Seco"s
preparing to build still smaller vessels.
The gic4 Dunrerberg, building by MIR. Webb,
has her first wooden story on and her ram SHAPED.
She will be built altogether OF wood, the mail Or armor
going it. She will have turrets The is
prolonged over 80 feet from the hull proper sud rising
upward from the ke, half the distance from the
water De is there round G. pr sentng blunt end, IL
shape ike the profile OF axe edge. The bow, tor
period OF 80 feet from it's extreme end, will be solid
OF wood. The frames the hull less than
int hes thick. She is nearly $50 feet long, IS eet
wide 80 feet deep, and will be of Leaver burden than
any other roB clad. She cannot be completed for a.
least two years to come.
The Mianauomah will be the irst regular navy built
iron clad She is nearly finished, and embraces no
new Misunderstanding The Ericsson batteries in all
chief features. She is about 200 ieet long, and
0G0 tons burthen 1t is said that she will be dated
out OF the ship house on the 1st OF May.
All the wooden vessels named are afoat except the
Maumee, Nyack and Peoriu the two latter having
been commenced last week. The Chensgo and Others,
awaiting at the diff rent machine shops for their
gnes and others have arrived here from other cities for
a like purpose. Mr. Stack, MIR. Wtstervet, and some
other shptullders have Just commenced small steamers
for the revenue, which will be finished in few months