New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1864-06-18
OK SPECIAL SERVICE

Steam lOOp ADliiCan- gAS
Steam siopp kcarsarge lc3l
| SicnT-sloop Sacramento ...-.-H laJ
| Steamer Michigan. s2
| s;n-sioOp Wachusctt $500. }? l02
SlO0p St. LOuis..-.... .......lS ~
| Ship Onward. ca
| or this aggregate Of vessels few have been cap
turcd by The Rebels destroyed OF disabled In acriln.
lst or rendered useless nv unavoidable Psils OF tie
sea- and otherwise temporarily OF permanently put oni
OF service: but the vacancies tus created have been
O, are being rapidly filed. and the &c ua steneth 81
the navy in commission 10 nat therefore. material,
chaI ced nom the standard indicated by The foregoing
cuolucie. The losses suffered have chiefly been among
the small i,it drauglt vessels used to nayDte the
watrrs rurnihg iand from tho Atlantic c"asfin the
Potomac 1Otlla and III Admiral PoIlcrs c'NDfa'ou
Mi-sisspp Squadron The disasters ia the hif"ssist'
Squadron, though. have bccu greatly exasEeiasv1.
They viii lot he found serious ~ frat anfirinitr
and Nv next Fag Admiral Porter will. II necessary.
hsve urdcr his command Ger and more available
force than ever.
The variations which will be remarked between the
tInnaee III different slips and the e"hp+rhfe nunprr
Of guns assigned TO thrm may he thus explained Yes
sels Of large tunnnge nre more heav, armed in reality
" ben carving from six 10 twenty guhs OF large can
Der than they would be If provided with roaeses OF
ltrty To sixty smner picces. brnai'de "i Dny ION
.nr,upJr putrtts woGld be superior " OF ninety
old 10 oil ~ pouuders and nearly equal to seventy
long thirty ivos. Among the higher glasses OF yes
srls of wny this viii account Tor tie NIAGARA tor M
stance) rnted iTst ess OF le2 tuns. carrying ""iJ
fifteen guns " bile thr INDEPENDENCE thiru-lnte OI
half lac, capacity cnrrs fifty IL the lrgc hrcts o.
vessels pui chased chartered out Of te mefoaitiic
service fUr pressing pu, puses oil war sueh dis
crepnncies exist nom causes easily oompreicnsib's
h., any ole " ho thinks upoa the subject Tor mo
fm,ut Steamers of one 10 three Thousand tuns are
used ne transports and supply ships. LiShiy,
yet eIpensiscl, built. they are !, would be poor
lecunu, to ns, them in act We operations against Tie
CT elny and tley are ASSIGNED perhaps 40 more Than
elk OF seven guns; wile css cory crait VI iour's
their size though not stlueher receive ~ many anu
are iess cautiously pGshed into jeopardy Al all exam
Die nc Circassinn LJi merry ia steamer, nnd suosc
cueniy t.o, kade runner las Lnh d"<en ihlelIor
niece, or less than the llunchbaok. which was oucea
A. nd Ia ulu
ore At that On the Mississippi II VIII be iouhd tual
very sr.al wooden boats ufIen carr gisuier number
Of guns than the larec piah SdSl i,er
squndron but hen the former have onl, hight howIseI
while the latter brisie WITH enormous l'arotls
CLASSIFICATION OF VESSELS.
All the ycssrls vf the NAVY arc, BY why OF general
distinction classified either ss hrs second third "
fouii rates Illustrates nr- sailing ships OF 900 tuns
and inward screw steamers Of so iBns aud upward
paddle. wheel steamers II eco tuns and upward AUG
iron clnd steamers Of 25OJ tuns aud upward second
rites are railing ,hls from 40 10 2Oc tuns, screw
steamers II 200 10 $50 .nns paddle wheel steamers
on loo to ego tnns irn-clnd steansrs from i'.o 70
. 500 furs lurcl nscd steamer Of law futs anu
upward and pui chased paddle wheel secpers ~ Low
bus and upward the Vanderbilt. to Wit no, o,ihg
regular built man-O'wer, IL called nsccondr't' 'hnRn
of 1870 tuns Teglslcr). IhiidTates are sailing sbip
from zoo ia 100 luns screw steamers from GO ~ ~
tuns paddle heel steamers frrp 100 I" UOuns. iron
clad steamers from so to | 100 tnns pntchused scie"
steamers FROM 100 to ltv0 tuns purchased paddle
la!egner. finIn Wv 10 80 tuns. aud feceNlhgshlis
Fourthrsios smiling ships under 200 tuns' screw
steamers under 20 turs paddie,wheei steamers guaer
TOy iuus Ion clad under 800 tuns purchased
steamers under zoo tans purchased p1.o'e"hec
steamers under 400 tnns AID store and supply vessels
| These technical divisions are 20 come extent sfDra
r. and do not nv avs indicate the fighting capacity Of
vessel her STRENGTH Of huh or the weight Of anna
n'ent. Thus. the DE soto and bienyihe, IN peacoiu
times mail steamers plying between this port and ibe
llhbBhL and therefore of such mnerrl and c"nsirnc
loh Ne would be reduced 10 matches BY The explosion
inside them of two or three oineb shells. nominhly
81, auufl
Ilyn 81 our finest sloor war In commission and
with tie Antietnm and Arapshu now budding. and m
tended 20 csch represent class OF The most magnificent
aud umidabie figotcs or corvctics (whichrver thcy
may Nncc TO be ulrped) ever launched In any coun
TRY. - james Adger epd tiDTida. TO. tie one az
old line Nr.cstVn. the other ol,nnni NAL steamer
IA a aim. maun,r rank with Ito lroqnuis aud tie
keanrrge. ne srst 81 ggsocnin. and WIN such ron
has ken nnt Passa.c. These peculiar incolssteneics
cuA 10, b. avoided, erctp. by rating purclns'd aud
Chartered vessels sepaately nom shirs ~ navy buih
Probably twas considered more convenient To ADOPT
Helei,fore ia Is,. u the Purchased and chartered
veases employed ~ tie Department, WITH Tie price ~
hire paid lof each have been Published IL Nh be suf
6c.f, row 10 state thnt ~ vessel. md IN tie GAIA
loCgc Oiihose d'scrbed ~ In comms'i0n but rot N
oudod Ia tue suboned schedule arc either one of the
cshcr.
As lingering token ~ respect or the antiquity ofan
Institution which is RAPIDLY becoming ousoe.e, ana
hch has oeu-e 10 be apps clnt"d al us ancient ANS
there las grown custom VI healing tabular exhibits
of ur val power with the names oi tundy great sh
ing iius witch oaI anccsfOis. when their kccs wsro
Laid becs ed would prove the met superb vessels o
war ever d..igLed-iLe pridc OF our naive land nnd
terror h, an such lati0Is oi lAe eaitb bud mind ~
he eyIjr disposed tOsari o.. Thee great slips are
fast pt ing from their lsh estate, through snrious
nLscs f cohy ci sion into loss M buus but moe pTae
toaly seryiccnb.. conditions. We can AFFORD nov ~
drop all formal parade - .bem Tor We nave 50 splendid
leet eenat or IN process 81 constfuciiol-any in,-
idual ,L:p II which would blow couple u old lrrs
Out Of the water In hgii hogrls 20 render needeas
even tie slightest exGCg~ aiOn or our real esnnfces
1t l. ulcruous bak 10 Tie face 81 tLe world "hen
| We la, q such q conscious capacity Tor biting
Two only Of these wonderful ships are stu by corr-
rsv allowed to retain their rank AID station on the
! Navy Register one by Que the others have dropped
lower and lower In tho scale. Tie venerable vermont
la been tran formed iptO store ard receiving chip
Grated 'tird with eighteen gnns) and the Alabama
has been reel listened tie New Hampshire and Is III.
ting AS "a store-ship Here IL the bricL expressive
| record that roma La to DO written;
| FIR-I-RATrs
| Nan, Guns Iul, where locafed
Liner New OreasS.at 2o On sock' a. ss h'i.s hsioo
Liner Srsiuia......G !CoJ. ON the stocks At boston
Having given prioilty--by virtue Of their earlier
lin,eliontO suiiug vessels u would be rs wen 10 ~
once dspr,c of a hat are lrf Of them. There are ,
OF thc seoond ~ ~ the tifd. aud of the fOnlth,
class Which with The above named two Of tho first
class. make total VI 20;
| SECOND RATS.
| Eare. Guns. tuns. Wh>rs located
sloop Consteiat ion.......Y las. .Mcdittuans.i.
frpotr Constitution. ibOi' reiooi HlV P''ihL
sIoop Nss doiian........l6 l9ii. Practice slip do
| lt26. In ordinary, Boston.