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James Barnes, author of David G. Farragut, Naval Actions of 1812, Yank ee Ships and Yankee Sailors, Commodore Bainbridge , The Blockaders, and other naval and historical works, The Photographic History of The Civil War: in ten volumes, Thousands of Scenes Photographed 1861-65, with Text by many Special Authorities, Volume 6: The Navy. (ed. Francis Trevelyan Miller) 182 0 Browse Search
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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)
a motive power had become established, the early side-wheelers were built,—first the Mississippi and Missouri, and later the Powhatan, Susquehanna, and Saranac. The Powhatan and Susquehanna, at the time they were launched, in 1850, were the most efficient naval vessels afloat. Next came the six screw-frigates, which were built in 1855, and were regarded all the world over as the model men-of-war of the period. Of these the largest was the Niagara. The other five, the Roanoke, Colorado, Merrimac, Minnesota, and Wabash, were vessels of a little over three thousand tons, and they carried, for their day, a powerful battery. Again, in 1858, twelve screw-sloops of two classes were built, most of which were admirable vessels, though they were wanting, with a few exceptions, in the important quality of speed. The first class, vessels of about two thousand tons, included the Lancaster, Hartford, Richmond, Brooklyn, and Pensacola. The second class, of which the Pawnee and Iroquois were t
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)
No. of vessels.Class.Name.Station. 1Ship-of-the-lineVermontBoston. 5Sailing-frigatesPotomacNew York. BrandywineNew York. St. LawrencePhiladelphia. RaritanNorfolk. Santee Kittery. 9Sailing-sloopsSavannahNew York. PlymouthNorfolk. JamestownPhiladelphia GermantownNorfolk. VincennesBoston. DecaturSan Francisco. MarionPortsmouth, N. H. DalePortsmouth, N. H. PrebleBoston. 3BrigsBainbridgeBoston . PerryNew York. DolphinNorfolk. 5Screw-frigatesRoanokeNew York. ColoradoBoston. MerrimacNorfolk. MinnesotaBoston. WabashNew York. 1Screw — sloop (1st class)PensacolaNorfolk. 1Side-wheel steamerMississippiBoston. 1Side-wheel steamer (3d class.)Water WitchPhiladelphia. 1Steam-tenderJohn HancockSan Francisco. — 27 Unserviceable 9Ships-of-the-linePennsylvaniaReceiving ship, Norfolk. ColumbusIn ordinary, Norfolk. OhioReceiving ship, Boston, North Carolina. Receiving ship, New York. DelawareIn ordinary, Norfolk. New OrleansOn the stocks, Sackett's Harbor. AlabamaOn
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), Index. (search)
; violation of neutrality by, 190, 200, 225 et seq. Brooke, Lieutenant John M., 22; restores Merrimac, 54 Brooklyn, the, 11, 121, 173 et seq., 195, 198 Buchanan, Captain, Franklin, commands Merrimac, 62; wounded, 68, 76 Cape Fear River, 91 et seq. Chaplin, Lieutenant, bravery of, 86 Charleston, S. C., blockade of, 34, 84 et seq., 87 et seq., 107 et seq.; attempts to raise blocka. F., Engineer-in-Chief, 49 Jamestown, the, 64, 66, 77 Jones, Lieutenant, Catesby, commands Merrimac, 68 Kearsarge, the, 205; armament of, 206; fights Alabama, 207 et seq. Keystone State, blrs, 37 Mattabesett, the, 99 Memphis, the, 111 Mercedita, the, attacked, 110 et seq. Merrimac, the, 48 et seq., 61; name changed to Virginia, 61, 62; in Hampton Roads, 63 et seq.; fight witf, 237 et seq. Tattnall, Commodore, assumes command of naval defences of Virginia, 76; sinks Merrimac. 78 Texas, blockade and coast of, 46 Torpedoes, invention and early history of, 3 et seq.