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Report On Iron Clad Vessels
William H. Wood, Jersey City, N.J.,
page 14 - Dimensions will not float the guns high enough;
not recommended.
Price, $225,000; length of vessel, 160 feet; breadth, 34 feet;
depth of hold, 22 feet; time, 4 months; draught of water, 13
feet; displacement, 1,215 tons; speed, not stated.
Merrick and Sons, Philadelphia, pages
7 and 8. - Vessel of wood and iron combined. This proposition
we consider the most practicable one for heavy armor. We recommend
that a contract be made with that party, under the guarantee,
with forfeiture in case of failure to comply with specifications;
and that the contract require the plates to be 15 feet long
and 36 inches wide, with a reservation of some modifications,
which may occur as the work progresses, not to affect the cost.
Price, $225,000; length of vessel, 220 feet; breadth of beam,
60 feet; depth of hold 23 feet; time, 9 months; draught of water,
13 feet; displacement, 3,296 tons; speed per hour, 9 knots.
Benjamin Rathburn,_____________,
page 20. We do not recommend the plan for adoption.
Price not stated; length of vessel not stated; breadth of beam,
80 feet; depth of hold, 74 feet; time not stated; draught of
water, 25 feet; displacement, 15,000 tons; speed not stated.
Specifications incomplete.
Henry R. Dunham, New York, page 11.
- Vessel too costly for the appropriation; no drawings or specifications;
not recommended.
Price, $1,200,000; length of vessel, 325 feet; breadth of beam
60 feet; depth of hold not stated; time, 15 to 18 months; draught
of water, 16 feet; displacement not stated; speed per hour,
12 miles.
C.S. Bushnell, & Co., New Haven,
Conn., page 121, propose a vessel to be iron-clad, on the
rail and plate principal, and to obtain high speed. The objection
to this vessel is the fear that she will not float her armor
and load sufficiently high, and have stability enough for a
sea vessel. With a guarantee that she shall do these, we recommend
on that basis a contract.
Price, $235,250; length of vessel, 180 feet; breadth of beam,_____feet;
depth of hold, 12 2/3 feet; time, 4 months; draught of water,
10 feet; displacement,________tons; speed per hour, 12 knots.
John Westwood, Cincinnati, Ohio,
page 17. - Vessel of wood, with iron armor; plan good enough,
but the breath not enough to bear armor. No detailed specification;
no price or time stated; only a general drawing. Not recommended.
Neafie & Levy, Philadelphia, page
5. - No plans or drawings, therefore not considered. Neither
price nor time stated. Length of vessel, 200 feet; breadth of
beam, 40 feet; depth of hold, 15 feet; draught of water, 13
feet; displacement, 1,748 tons; speed per hour, 10 knots.
Wm. Norris, New York, 26 Cedar Street,
page 6. - Iron boat without armor. Too small, and not received.
Price, $32,000; length of vessel, 83 feet; breadth of beam,
25 feet; depth of hold, 14 feet; time, 60 to 75 days; draught
of water, 3 feet; displacement, 90 tons; speed not stated.
Wm. Kingsley, Washington, D.C., page
10. - proposes a rubber-clad vessel, which we cannot
recommend. No price or dimension stated.
A. Beebe, New York, 82 Broadway,
page 18. - Specification and sketch defective. Plan not
approved.
Price, $50,000; length of vessel, 120 feet; breadth of beam,
55 feet; depth not stated; time, 100 days; draught of water,
6 feet; displacement, 1,000 tons; speed per hour, 8 knots.
These three propositions recommended,
viz: Bushnell & Co., New Haven, Connecticut; Merrick & Sons,
Philadelphia; and J. Ericsson, New York, will absorb $1,290,250
of the appropriation of $1,500,00, leaving $209,750 yet unexpended.
The board recommends that armor with
heavy guns be placed on one of our river craft, or, if none
will bear it, to construct a scow, which will answer to plate
and shield the guns, for the river service on the Potomac, to
be constructed or prepared by the government at the navy yard
here for immediate use.
We would further recommend that the
department ask of Congress, at its next session, an appropriation,
for experimenting on iron plates of different kinds, of $10,000.
All of which is respectfully submitted.
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JOSEPH SMITH
H. PAULDING
I. H. DAVIS
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Hon. Gideon Welles,
Secretary of the Navy Ironsides
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