The plating of the steam frigate Roanoke – mate of the defunct Merrimac – was commenced in the Brooklyn Navy Yard on Tuesday. The plates are four inches thick, and reach some four feet below [the] watermark. The spar deck and the old bulwarks, down to a level with the gun deck, have been completely cut away. The turrets will shortly be forthcoming, and the guns are rapidly preparing by the ordnance authorities, but their number and weight must remain a mystery to the public for the present.
– Published in The Burlington Weekly Hawk-Eye, Burlington, Iowa, Saturday, May 31, 1862, p. 1
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