The New York herald., 1876-01-03

hunNAston, has been Aiulcd alongside ihe COZ uoCh
ana "li probably lay up there tor the winter unless
some contingency should arise 20 make her presence
necessary with tno North Atlantic squadron at Port
Royal WncA y 70 be its rendezvous the present
month WINE ihe Intrepid is not quite up TO tho
marx ~ speed She "A undoubtedly prove very dan
gerous adversary shc can get within striking dis
tance Of any craft with her tremendous toTpedocs.
And II she cannot her armor Us toeraby good protoc-
tion against ordinary ordnance
The following a Ast OF The oacers now attached TO
Commanaer-Charles l. HUNTINGTON
Lieutenant and Erecuuoe Qgicer-L r Woodman
LteutendRt-I. /. W ood.
Nasiers-samuel Cowlcy and Martial nimmock
Engineer and Passed Ass''a"s-Joan Lowe, Stacy
Asslstapt S,rqeon-E NJ Martin.
Assistant Pdvmdster-Reah Frazier
The storeship supply, two guns, Commander Hay
ward VIII probably sail for the European squadron
at an early day. She Will carry any small packages
for the oncers and men OF tue European squadron.
at Lisbon if they sent to the Naval Lyceum 1t
the Brooklyn Navy Yard The squadron now con-
of the frgae Franklin and the corvette Alaska
The balance OF the squadron is now due at Port Royal,
S. Z.
COMPLETION or THE SCREW STEAMER MARION
AT KIrrEBY NAVY YARD-A DESCRIPTION or
THE yEssEL-To SAIL THIS WEEK FOR
EUROPE.
PosrsMourH, n. h., Jan !. 1876
The United states screw steamer Marion, third rate,
which has just been built by the government at tho
Navy Yard on the Pscataqua River and is htting
and nearly ready for sea, IS a splendid specimen Of
naval architecture.
FIRST however a word as to the and location
Of this naval yard or station Up to within four or
1ye years ago the title Portsmouth yard; but
Maine man who was then at the head Of OF the
naval bureaus and the Maine congressman, procured
the passage OF a bill by Congress fixing the Official
OF all the yards that Of their exact location,
VIZ Kittory (horol, and Charestown Brooklyn, &C
A joke comes in here that the BIN passed To-
eating this yard at Klttery, \. H., and had to be
changed next session, Kitcry and the Navy
Yard being inconesaby located on the Maine side Of
the river.
This whole subject OF names was suggested TO me
to-day, by the inscription the bell OF the new
ship 'Navy Yard Kttery, the Marion, but the boxes
OF torpedoes and most OF the stores board
marked Portsmouth, n. II. The great naval station
Of England from which this settlement was undoubt
edly named Portsmouth, has there its Gosport, an
island some two miles away ns have here also
one OF tho Isles Shoals miles at sea, and upon
witch the great summer hotel was recently
buurned, beng named GosporL Portsmouth, Virginia,
has also its Gosporti but whether Portsmouth, ONO,
keeps up the fashion cannot say.
But TO the Marion, ere she sails. as Il is now the in
toniion Of Captain Bradford TO put her INTO commits
sion the first Of next week This doubtless the Gnes
craft that ever acknowledged paternity from this
since John Paul Jones stood lbs banks TO oversee
the construction of hs pioneer "frgato' America No
pains or reasonable expense have been spared IN the
construction aud furnishing OF the Marion 90 render
her what she s by sort OF general understanding or
common consent destined 10 Dc-a representative
sci OF tho United States Navy. without positive
dcrs is thought that she 90 proceed TO England
and France bring distinguished guests and
contributions to the Philadelphia Exhibition
as "part OF which, sho viii herself remain
best upon her and the result every way gratifying
to all Americans who have seen her, she taking the
place Of old rIeate OF the name Her dlmen-
sons Length on the load hne 2l6 feet, length
over all 249 feet; extreme BREADTH 81 feet depth OF
hold top OF spardcck beam 70 throat OF uoOrs 10
feet depth i'm the clear between decks feet draught
Of forward rs feet inches; draught ait IL feet
inches; tonnage, $40 tons; displacement $40 tons
She Is ship rggcd having total sail surface OF 10 54s
square feet She carries no studdngsaus ! was
pleased that the bobtaed aud crupeared style OF
the British Navy which was copied TO closely by cut-
navy vessels at one time has not been
adhered to in the Marion. O, for return
TO the wet sheet and flowing SAIL style Of the old
| United States Navy when Perry fought and Cooper
wrote The Marion is supplied with eight boats all Of
which like most Of her furniture and fittings.
built at this yard The steam launch especially Is
beautiful specimen.
BATTERY.
The Marion's battery consists Of one llncA
Dahlgren pivot gun, six 9-inch Dahgreu broads DO
guns, one 60pOund farrott rife on topgsllatt ioreA
castle, two 20pound Dahgren howitzers and folr
pedo rooms be flooded at viii from several water
supplies aud every appliance for efficiency and safety
is provided IN this case. an other departments
She has two horizontal back acting compound en-
gincs, diameter OF high pressure cylinders ~ inches
low pressure cylinders, % inches stroke Of piston AZ
inches steam pressure 90 pounds, calculated 80 make
CO revolutions per minute Indicated horse power l,lO0
pounds surface cOndeuscrs diameter OF The shaft; IL
inches. She has q four badcd screw expanding pitch
from heel 10 periphery, diameter or screw, is feet
inches pitch q icet area Of blades ~ feet inches.
rffI Boi
length, feet inch; diameter 3 feet, CRATE surface,
go square feet; heating surface, $3.50 square feet
Coal consumption about - tons each twenty four
hours coal carried IN bunkers, about $50 tons She
coal enough for hard steamng seven and half
days but under moderate head OF steam would
The ship is supplied with Bards frcshwater dis,l-
ling apparatus, capable OF making 600 gallons of pO-
table water every twenty four hours Her engines and
boilers are supplied with ali the modern improvements
The engines we're designed aud built by the govern
ment at the Washington, Brooklyn and Chafcstown
yards and have been placed in the vessel under tie
mediate superinteudcnco of Chief Engineer David y.
Macomb, United states Navy, who is in charge Of the
steam engineering department ofthe yard.
FRAME
The frame Of the Marion is OF live oak entirely,
planked with white oak and copper fastened. Tho
materials Of all kinds used Ia her construction are ~
the very quality and Is believed that better
built ship does 1Oat the worlds waters to-day
than this She was rebuilt from plans designed by tho
Chief OF the Bureau OF Construction Chief Naval Con-
struetor Isaiah Hanscom. She was built and
launched under direction Of Naval Constructor Thomas
f. Webb and completed and 0ttod cut unscr direction
Of Naval Constructor Theodore D Wilson. Captain
Jonathan Young te Equipment officer 81 this yard,
deserves great credit FOR the neat and handsome OF
rigging with which she is furnished An Old naval
oficer who has been located at all the yards from
Pensacola Mane says that better yard than this
can be found aud that the mechanics OF all kinds for
shpbudug are the peers OF The very best and viii
add she general verdict Of our people, that rarely
has our yard been better oficcrcd than now
The Marion will be commanded by Captain r r.
Bradford, and carry a all told Of about 200 men,
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