The New York herald., 1865-05-29
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Trial Trip Of the First .Iron-Clad I'm the
.PaciRc-The Monitor CANA nchs Afioat-
Interesting Details or Her Trial, sc.
The greatest event In the naval line that the
.dwcjlers in and about San Francisco have yet
witnessed the compilation Of the monitor Camanohe.
Her career has been an evcptful one. Built ey
seeorA Co., In jersey City under the supcrintendence OF
George Bkbeek, ESQ., In 1862 she was shipped in pieces
70 sanFrancisco In the ship Aquila After long pas
sage the ship arrived in port In November se< and pre-
psratons were s made discharge her and rebsd
the monitor violent gale arising the AQua overrodc
her anchor and stove hole In her bottom and both
sells sunk In forty feet Of water with about She
rsp.dty thxt monitors usually 20 down Afer some
delay Messrs Donahoe Ryan Secsr were awarded
contract 70 raise her. and began fishing out tho pieces
from the wreck and removing them 10 the shore Eeary
oil thus recovered and the missing portionskeng
replaced the Csmsnehe put together and in gust
year after the sinking Of the vessel the iron. Cad
was launched. Work upon her then vigorously
pushed forward and her mschineSy aud guns placed
position On the ltth OF February se had her rst trial
TIP spd from AZ accounts It Monitor success;
aud the government has doubtless accepted her from
the contractors The Board OF Onnccrs detailed to
examine ksr who were present the trip, were Com
mander Charles H. Baldwin, Ordnance Oficer at Mare
Island Comnander William T. Hopkins, % the Saginaw
Naval Constructor sir,mons j. Lloyd, First Assistant
Engineer OI tne saginaw fAcths Chlcb ana w. L. TOM
bohu, OF the tamanchc. Commander Hopkins detached
work ng party OF sailors the Saginaw FOR the trip
Captain Provost OF the storeshp FsrrslloDes assisted
having bern familiar with that Glars ~ wee
sells the Atlantic coast The vessel lad on
board her complement Of ammunition shot
and scl and additional solid shot psr ed deck
forward 10 trim hcr--somehng that h net needed
mon this side OF the continent She has tarret
and carries battry OF improved iteep inch guns
and harbor defence will doubtless be Of great service
TO San Francisco The following details at the trial
we extract from the Daily Morning tdN OF san Fran
cisco:-
LEAVING THE DOCK.
The time for leaving the dock was atcd nj "sharp
eight but owing 20 trnng delays the lines
not on I'll about nty eight minutes past that time
She passed the magazine twenty three minutes past
nlno gliding M smoothly a duck In a mill pond, with
not throb Of machinery felt anywhere outside OF the
engine room, and everybody expressing unqualified sat
isacton with the easy motion, but with concealcd
dread at least among the unofficial vistoTs Of the trial
o. the great guns 10 The revenue cutter Sbubrck
according 10 orders, followed slowly Ia the wake.
From the OUTER Navy Agent CheDery was con
tont 10 witness the exporimcnts, decming " de
cdedly pleasant than standing the deck Of
the exposed 10 the rays OF the sun, which began
TO be Of uncomfortable warmth. AZ forty i've min
utos nast ten she passed Pinoe Point against strong
Hood tide In tho san Pablo with breeze TO rue the
sracc OF the water tho iron plate under the suns nu
ence seemed 70 burn through ones boot-soles 'fho
boys STOOD 90 the burning docku we may be allowed