...ia was lightened so as to render her "unfit for action," having thrown over all her ballast and much of her coal, she drew aft twenty feet six inches, and twenty feet forward. This was ascertained by Chief Pilot Parrish 's going in a boat and ascertaining her exact draft. And here we wish to state another fact, exposing the ignorance of this Commander of the draft of his ship — so plainly that even he that "r...