The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1865-08-22
I H e N A v X

THE BROOKLYN NAVY YARD I'D WHAT Is BEING
DONE THERE-THE NUMBya OF MEN EMPLOYED,
SHIPS BUILDING AND REP AIRING, ETC. 81
Notwithstanding the Of the for the Union the
number of hands emp oyed in the Brooklyn Navy Yard
still large Powerful in arms, we have very recently
shown oursevers are determined to eclipse every
other nation na may be brought into contact win our
broadsides on the ocean, bay or gulf
yaE LARGEST DRY IN THE UNITED STATES.
is now being erected there the piles already laid and
the work being pushed slowly but steadily and pro-
msnQly There are about twenty men now engaged
upon this labor The for this dock are being pre-
pared with exquisite taste and in highly credtaoie
manner There shout fifty masous engaged In this
department of the work. This dry dock Will be similar
TO the one now in service in the yard, on which the
Brooklyn lies being repaired since her return home from
the war; il WILL however, be somewhat larger and OF
considerably greater capacity.
THE NEW NAVAL STORE
Il vapidy progressing and likely TO be completed In
about three or four months. II is about two hundred
and fifty feet in length by one hundred and fifty in
breadth and Of brick, with stone cornces
and ornamental base and Intel carvings The height OF
this fine majestic building will be about sixty ieet ana
ia admirably adapted to the service Tor whcn u Is IN
tended Il will be large open building, supported in
terorly by columns upwards, and resting on massve
pedesas at their base ana sne 0usr e Number Of mem
employed on this building is about seventy hve. BE
these principal operations there are seVera minor
| improvements progressing in the yard
| THE RoN-cIAps
| The Kalamazoo one Of the two iron-clads, though
scy,bed that II is expatae her dimen
sons here 1t is enough to say that she WIN De one o
the largest in the naval arm of the United States service
l She Will much resemble the Monadnock and, like her
| win mount two turrets fwith powerful ram he[
frame is now complete and there are Ssr from
the top OF the ship house. looking down on her ana we
pronounce her the fines. model we have seen in naval
and longtudnay from her stern to her bow
she will be securely strengthened, and surpass almost
every ship a1oat by her compacness and durapieness
She will be finished in the space Of six months Her
sides will two feet thick of oak plated inside py twe
wrought iron plating and on the ner
The engines Of this vessel will very powerful indeed
her guaranteed speed being fourteen knots an neur
| The Miantnomah is magnificent first class Iron'cso
| vessel She rs a perfect model with two turrets She
has every possible comfortable accommodation and new
apparatus Of the recent and approved invention
are introduced She has wooden deck over her plating
which II five inches thick, and she will be as powerfully
and thicky clad as VIII Dc me but in ever
other respect her equal force resistance and speed
The armament Of each vessel WIN DC similar oens wv
The frga,cs ouinabaugh Moschelo and Java, and thu
Ontario sloop of-wara these are in progress OF con
keel of which only laid last weekare far advanced
Their tmbes and planking are all prepared ana ever
facility IL afforded the workmen In their several
ments OF labor. These will be steam frigates, and al
! made powerful and capable OF much resistance
4 TIE BRo0kLfN =.
This gigantic ship that has SON so much service Y
the war looks the dock defiant and robust as ever
though she has pierced and perforated in sewers
pars by shot and shell during her engagements and SD
sl bears the honorable scars, though many are oen
repaired and her copper being read and everything
Z | tsriory adjusted The hull, machinery ana nt
ging Of the Brooklyn are being thoroughly owe
hauled examined and repaired, and she WI
leave the yard renovated vesse.oi-wa
There are about one hundred at work on her,
side and outside There many other well known an
tried ships Of war ahoat undergoing slight repairs
present in the Navy Yard The total number OF the We
sells Of ali classes including those building ana repair
4 ing is about 6fty-six.
| GENERAL OBSERVATIONS
The engine room, clad department ROOM carpe,
ters and ioners' shop, block shop mast house, saw mi
the hydraulic press Of thousand tons PRESSURE All
the large mould ROOM each and all worthy OF opse
walton and of remark in detail In each OF these depar
| ments work is actively going on, In the manuiactur
preparation and repair Of engines and shafts the turre
and armor for the ships braces blocks ana mas.
and the saving up and planning Of immense plahks az
deck scanng and several mouds In preparation fio
the above observations may be collected toieraoe 10y
of what Is now being done In our chiei naVM estaos
ment and mo doubt many will be Interested IN khowi'
the progress Of the public work going on thers' NO
details mi ght be furnished but the object we ao IN we
has been TO present general glance al the opefaons
| the Navy Yard.