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is utilized by the Pennsylvania Nava
! Militia. During the rebellion she die
/ special service in search of Confederate
privateers in the South Atlantic.
The sloop Saratoga was built in 1912
! l,o23 tons. and is the Philadelphia Public
/ Marine Schoolship. In successful boat
expedition, during the civil war, to Macin
/ tosh County Court House, Ga, where o
! meeting of reserve militia was in progress
she captured a large number of rebels and
held them as prisoners of war.
| The Vermont is the New York State
| receiving ship. and was built as n ship OF
the line in 1918.
| The Wabash is the receiving ship al
Boston. She captured some schooners of
I Charleston, and took part in the capture
of the forts at Hatteras Inlet. She was
in the battles of Port Royal, Fort Fisher
and Hampton Roads.
The monitor Wyandotte did excellent
service IN assisting troops at Fort Pick
ems and in patrolling Pensacola Bay. She
| IS now used by the Connecticut Naval
Militia.
The Yantic (gunboatl served in attacks
on Forts Fisher and Anderson in 1865.
She Is now the Michigan Naval Militia
boat.
The monitor Passaic was struck twice
in the lower part OF the lsrret by the guns
OF Fort Sumter. The plates were bulged
III, disabling the 11-inch gun carriage She
was struck 80 times at various times,
and had her pilot house mashed in. She
is now at Philadelphia, and is used as a
popular summer beer garden.
An interesting bit of naval history is
that connected with the double turreted
monitor Onondaga. She was a double
screw boat of $50 tons displacement.
She was built at Brooklyn, N. Y, by c.
w. Quintard in 1863. She was turned over
to the Government for $760,522. After
doing service during the remainder of the
war, the Government opened negotiations
with Mr.. Quintard with a view OF having
him buy the vessel, the Government claim
ing that the monitor was unsatisfactory
Some vigorous opposition to the proposal
was expected from Mr.. Guintard, but
great was the Governments surprise when
he offered S759,673 for the boat. The
offer was at once accepted. This was in
1867. The officials at Washington were
III high spirits when this deal was put
through successfully. The United States
was then disputing with France over the
attempt made by Napoleon III to establish
an empire in Mexico with Maximilian as
Emperor. 1t was question involving the
Monroe Doctrine. MaXimilian was still
IN Mexico, and we were perilOusly near to
an open rupture with France. Amer ca
was the only country at that time that
had monitors. and as the monitors had
proved by their record that they were
formidable fighting machines, it was,
therefore, with great astOnishment and
chagrin that the officials at Washington
heard Of the sale to the French Govern
ment of the monitor Onondaga.
1t was learned afterward that Mr..
Quintard had sold the Onondaga for
sum far In excess of that received from
the United States Government in the first
instance. As soon as the monitor reached
rance and ner structure was studied and
Europe began to build on her model. Thus
a little incident paved the way for the
modern battleships of the world The
Onondaga is now at Cherbours, France,
and is utilized in training of French naval |
officers in torpedo work.