New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1865-01-21
Omcial Repcri o. Admiral Porter on the
Conduct Of the Monitors.
NoR1u ATLAyTIC SQt ADEoS FLAG Siir SALvRks !
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or Four fI,uElL y. 4. Jan. -. ls'5
SIR: Nv late experience win Tie monitor
class II vessels under I've ri zen mud IN riding out heavy
ynl,, lnsiitcs me In making special report III Tue
n,t,er feel the I'M oYfance 81 tie Governments 10
ceyug accurate Information Ia relation to class o,
yr,.els about which iLrie loo been difference o'
,,,intou atG Of yhic We huilding quite runbef
XIV ,,r,ri, nee has been viih the MuBaan"ck. sat
,us Nahopne and Canouicu. all vessels Il some drer'
oncc Of construction. and bnit believe. ~ different
coutr1ciois. .
fr ne army 20 provide troops for the land Put THIS
cxu,d tlun, | scLt INC moh.t"Ts Cubvni'us, hhholmo
and ssugs up he James hi'er; TO " VIM, t,e! .ou.
do with The Rebel batteries ~ Howers. aud above tnt
mint At Howle'rs the enemy bsj heavy gun mounca
IA two hundred. puu1der BrOokes rine) which VA ire
guet tren at the MONITOR. bnt seldom hittng them
oue a., Their shells shot boweyeI. struck tie Snugns
nIr on the tuIret and knocked out aid vosened ioij
Of the bolts.
his was owing 10 the bolts being driven from ms do
o ont instead OF frum ouiside 10 III. The tGfret We
o nm er,a, Injured and Wa. repaired again IN about
two (D geeAs end hay. been usinl the Saarus here
against these works where she hus done elective ser
wee.
ton Roads on d 18Th u.t., tie former tw0 In TOW Of
r,ramers-thc MoDndnock gong uId-r sie"m with n
steamer IN company The weather ma quite rough.
ud az times the would go over the tur.ts and down
ire tunnels; but passed them while ~ sea. aud they
were ma.ing eIc-nent weather u II. ON asting their
comuauder slter~ ard bow they got slons. the AL
swrr vas: "Dh quite ell sra only hhttle rhnp
On arriving ut Beaufort. y. G.. flied them up with
cosl ami n,umnnition ! found detect IN pump IN
bonId tho Canoncus "a "ccntrfuBHl pump thri called
which did moi fetch the water uhii there was foot
or more IN the vessel This serious defect aud
one for which The constructors wercverJ cupalle Inc
Mnhopoc's decks lehlei considerably. and made tho
officers ard crew very uneomorhhIe - ,
HE monitirs started iTOu Brunuit on me Islh ut
The CnnonIcus and MnL"puc bciup towsd tie Monhd
neck declining such nsrstnncc ind,ed she did no. re-
auue II uurunnng the largest veetes easily ana Keep
ing ahead Of Nil except tho very itstrsi A..
On tho 2lst ult. IL came On 10 blow h'io I"n tno
snn h west aud very heavy scs commenced ro'nR ",
he vessels we're Nil sn'horu u, inn,so" NJ, ~ ,,c
,f xn,rr with u long scope II chnn out M"si ~ we
,,g, e,s,ls dragee,l duiing the que ine 'u,c'o'"
n,, fnintn M Ia sra Il think UNNECESSARILY "meh
~, ,orr ,oae II out bsauinll' was ah. h".u qsne
near them aud witnessed ibeir peIo: nahco NJ u,s
,ho,oIt Rad been imprudcni, ANA hsd nhnscrsSa'y
.'' he 1--we, of Officers AID men. but went 70 se,P
he fr,t n.gst of the gaio quite easy IN my hina III
,.v,ud IN the uoniiors -. -. ..-.,., ..J
- ,hnn nv If the Oh or vessels h. The nret
IN ~. ,rsusn,rts cut aud rnn though thihk tt was
ani,c unnecessary. Aner the gaze 1 inquiries o' ,ne
" ,auders VI The monitors ho~ tbry P"sseo t'io"s
y. - r.Ia.l and the, seemed 10 thhk ibrJ rot along
~ Ill The .mailtr monitors. hnhopac and Canoil-
n, ,,me. almost disappeared nom view. ana tbs
oar,oa,ler Of the former vessel com iHlheo "' u~co
q =, 1uuy u. ibe decks leaking. but The vessels were
~ a., g.r nj my lime. As Ia the AuhHdD"ck she
=. ,,ie out a gale al anchor la the Atlantic Ocean
a. =. certainly most perfect success NJ af tne nun
o al narh,D,r, are med and II only defective I'd
,ac mIrur details which In the building ~ these YES
scls reauIc tie supcrhiehdebco OI ibD"ubh sehnAn
aud lrrctica ingenious man
The Mouadnocl II capable OF crossing Tho ocean
alone hon her comI asses ale once adjusted properly
nd could destroy any vessel IN Tie ffehoh ." bftsh
navy. lag their towns q! deI contribution shd frtni
again tpyded she couh pick up conD without fear Of
b,ing h,Inv ed She could certainly clear Any hhrp'T
IN our roast bocknders IN were al wal win
foreign power, Assona and ibiok ~ The sides VI tois