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James Russell Soley, Professor U. S. Navy, Confederate Military History, a library of Confederate States Military History: Volume 7.1, The blockade and the cruisers (ed. Clement Anselm Evans), The blockade and the cruisers. (search)
addition that steam had made to the number and variety of implements of destruction. Torpedoes, though of more recent introduction than rams, were not wholly new weapons. The idea of the torpedo, first discovered by Bushnell, and developed by Fulton, was rejected by the English Government in 1805, because it was recognized as giving an advantage to a weak navy over a powerful one, and its adoption could only impair the maritime supremacy of Great Britain. On account of this advantage which turn. By dint of using everything it could lay hands on, it got together in the beginning a small and scattered fleet, which had hardly the semblance of a naval force. Six of the revenuecutters came early into its possession. The steam-battery Fulton was seized at Pensacola, and $25,000 were appropriated to complete and equip her. The Merrimac was presently raised at Norfolk, and found to have no serious injury. Encouragement was given to private enterprise, by Davis's immediate adoption of
James Russell Soley, Professor U. S. Navy, Confederate Military History, a library of Confederate States Military History: Volume 7.1, The blockade and the cruisers (ed. Clement Anselm Evans), Appendix A. (search)
Kittery. VirginiaOn the stocks, Boston. New YorkOn the stocks, Norfolk. 3Sailing-frigatesConstitutionPractice ship, Annapolis. United StatesIn ordinary, Norfolk. ColumbiaIn ordinary, Norfolk. 4Permanent store and receiving vessels (steam).IndependenceMare Island, California. FredoniaValparaiso. FalmouthAspinwall. WarrenPanama. 2Permanent store and receiving vessels (steams)AlleghanyBaltimore. PrincetonPhiladelphia. 1 Screw-frigateFranklinOn the stocks, Kittery. 1Side-wheel vesselFultonIn ordinary, Pensacola. 1Floating battery (steam).StevensUnfinished, Hoboken. — 21 Summary. Class.In commission.Available, but not in commission.Unserviceable.Total. Sailing-vessels: Ships-of-the-line1910 Frigates25310 Sloops11920 Brigs33 Store-ships347 ———————————— Total16181650 ———————————— Steamers: Screw-frigates1517 Screw-sloops, 1st class516 Side-wheel steamers, 1st class.314 Screw-sloops, 2d class88 Side-wheel steamers,