The New York herald., 1863-08-30
THE NAVY.

wIsoxA Tho screw steamer winona, Lieutenant yoh
G Walker commanding arrived at Baltimore Tuesday
tue a5th i1st accompanied by screw Kineo 9
and Itasca T. which had towed her from the Southwes
Pass TO Philadelphia. They left New Orleans the 18th
aud experienced line weather and smooth sea all the
way The wnona has hardly boen built two years, bu
is utterly unseaworthy. She leaks badly and her
machinery disordered that she cannot make two
miles hour. Fears were entertained during the pas
sage that she could not be brought into port The neo
is 10 be TO Batmore the Itasca will remain ut PhiA
delpha
NEw IRoSsrDEs. Is.-0ne OF tho correspondents OF a
contemporary, having published in Morris Island letter
some things which false, has eicted tho following
letter from her builders
Respecting tho New Ironsides would mention
that the armor of four and haf inch plate extends
peely around he vessel for distance Of four bc-
low and three feet above the load lne sho is therefore
invunerable any line shot. either forward or
AFT, so far experience has yet demonstrated. BE-
space bow and which is unplated; but this
might DO shot away without dsmaging the vessel tor
offence or defence, because ironpated bulkhead ut
each end OF the gun oeck crosses the vosse shutting
tho unprotected parts ut the bow and No raking
shot could have efoct until passing two and hai
iron loot srs Of oak The sandbas spoken q arc
probably the deck which. although Ike the Monitors
INTO s ssesuss
nl'ny aissiatements m have been made, doing soma u
astice 70 her desgrers and cngsnderng lack OF conf
l1ILapErPIna, August 90, 1853 hERRICK SONS.
MoRs iRoy-cIADs.-The Navy Department has just do.
ciicd 70 build another fleet or iron clad vessels They
VIII DO longer and formidable than any In tho
service Of this or other country, being IN fact,
feet copies Of the great Ericsson ships Puritan
Ictator, which building IN New York. This
lost batch OF to be che perfect the
entire navy and n order to render them unexceptiona
n way nYai IA hA hu ~ Ma
or New York, Boston, Philadelphia and Portsmouth, New
Hsmpsbire Naval constructors alone superinending
them. Work on the vessels will commence. Each
will hayo two turrets OF enormous thickness and
rho sido will be somc feet in thickness
There will be for each vessel two pairs or
direct acting engines, wish jet condenssrs, the
cyl,rdors OF which be vertical and placed imme
datey the shafts the diameter each is 70 be IS
inches and the stroke Of piston feet As there are two
OF these engines the speed Of the vessel will be rendered
shs great as f the cylinders much larger. Tho
boilers to be Of the horizontal tubular kind with 900
sare feet of CRATE of not exceeding 6 feet In length
and - 500 feet Of beating surface. The tubes 70 be Of
brass shells 70 be an inch thick plates
with sixteenhs Of inch thick bottoms and fur.
naces. and oraced for working OF IS pounds
per square nch The 10 be Of competition OF COP
por aud tin, Ii feet in diameter Of 20 feet mean pitch
to have blades. and 10 be 2 feet long They
will be sustained from the counter OF the yes
sci by brsss hanger. and the shaft will re-
volvc in brass pipc connecting the hanger with
the hull There will be required eight bDwng engines
with blowers equivalent Dmpls No. AS TO blow into
an alright hroroom. Each boiler will be required to
have IN auxiliary steam pump. The usual number Of
duplicate pieces TOOLS Instruments stores &C. required
in such naval contracts be furnished The Depart
mcnt will advertise at for turrets which are 70 be
built as rapidly as possible.
PAcrIc cSorADRosThe United States steam sIoops Lan
carter, Narraganset and Saginaw and cqa:snip Golden
Ru'c were ut Acapulco July 80, all well.
The United states ship Farralons was spoken at sea
July 2s by the United States steamer Constitution
bound to Acapuco. N 8 fa&tf f%t
RnSAsx, hhe United States storeship Release left
the Boston Navy Yard Thursday bound 70 Beaufort
N G. ihe following Is n list Of her oflcers:-
Acting ads<r-Jonathan Baker, Commanding.
docks. ~N M - n - f''-'' - =
acting Assisont Paymastsr-E ST. Clair Clarke.
AcfiMg Asssstnnt .sur0eon-John Sparr it
Ac,ing Muster, MIes-F. p. Hasken, F. A. Baldwin.
Puymas'er's Ckrk-W. A. c. StarA.
SHvyeon's 81 todrd-James A. Clifford. @
THE NKw GvxxoArs Tho following Ia q list OF the
Cucd States naval vessels which being fitted for sea
under the superntendcnos Of Rear Admiral r. a.
Gregory Superintendent Of Iron cads, &c as private
shipyards-