.... The total number of guns carried by these vessels was 159, and 33 howitzers; and the officers and crews numbered about 3000. The hull of the Tennessee was constructed on a high bluff near the Alabama River , a short distance above the city of Selma, and all the timber used was cut in the immediate vicinity. She was 209 feet in length and 48 feet in. breadth of beam. The shield for the protection of ...