The other vessels building in the yards are as follows: the steam
frigate Franklin, at Portsmouth, New Hampshire; the steam sloops
Juniata, Monongahela, and Shenandoah, at Philadelphia; the Lackawanna
and Ticonderoga, at New York; and the Ossipee and Sacramento, at
Portsmouth, New Hampshire.
There are a large number of contracts out for new gunboats and steamers,
which, when completed, will make us the most formidable navy in the
world. In conclusion, we will give to the reader the following table,
classifying the vessels now in our navy, and giving statistics of their
tonnage and the number of guns which they carry:
RECAPITULATION.
Vessels. Guns. Tons.
Ships of the line 6 504 16,124
Sailing frigates 7 348 14,161
Sailing sloops 24 372 21,151
Brigs 4 20 999
Transportation ships 16 64 11,420
Transportation barks 16 91 8,468
Schooners 8 12 1,081
Yachts 2 -- -----
Mortar schooners 18 52 4,316
Steam frigates 9 199 21,673
Steam sloops 10 161 16,205
Steam gunboats 40 200 24,783
Auxiliary steam gunboats 47 209 23,875
Transport steamers altered
to war vessels 58 240 36,170
Iron-clad ocean steamers 4 32 8,435
Iron-clad river steamers 11 130 6,640
Iron-clad rams 12 7 3,800
Other vessels not classed 14 9 3,788
Unfinished Vessels of the Navy.
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