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- AVe*ao-waa;ivend.lanbutThk Gun boat* Again —The three steamer* now at the shipyard. undergoing alterations,, lt;fic , that they may be uiade gun boats, aie to ®P' be completed this week, tbe number of haoda itb | employed on each vessel being one hundred irid nod fifty The interior of tbe bulla have ali been liued, floor and aidee, with two and a half inch oak plank, and calked perfectly tight. A fore and aft bulk-head of the eame “® ! material baa also been built oa each side of in 1 the hull, six feet from the side, and cross bulk-tbe heads, ten feet apart, are to be built the whole length of the bull. Each separate apartment will be made water-tight, to prevent sinking, from any chance shot through tbe hull. Bulwarks eight feet in highr, have been bniltflush with the hull, from stem to stern, of the fvl-ye i lowing material: Five iucb oak timbers, one ! foot apart, have been connected to the frame ' of the vessel; oak planks, of two and a half lere \ itches in thickness ha7e been added to these, the ; both inside and out. The pilot house will be and ! cased with the same material as the bulkheads, ded ■ w*fh heavy wrought iron shutters attached.■ Tbe vessels are pierced for eleven guns, placed De s , as follows: Three guns on each side, forward ook j of the water wheel, and two bow guns. Two - in quarter i/uns abaft the wheels, and one sternlandingsP.M.F or frei jel5Louismry Wedm turningU Thurst’a)For freije!5 dttATATT!CaCO.White of 1
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New Albany Daily Ledger
New Albany, Indiana, US
Wed, Jun 19, 1861
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