The work upon the second iron plated steamer, at Green
Point, is pushed with the utmost speed, day and night and it is hoped that she
will be ready for sea during the present month.
The vessel will be much larger than the Monitor, will carry 18 guns of
the largest caliber, and will be practically invulnerable. It is confidently believed that she will be
the fastest of this slow species of war vessels ever constructed. The third iron clad steamer provided for in
the original appropriation is in process of construction at Philadelphia. The news of what the Confederates are doing
in the same line of business will doubtless lead to the hurrying of the work
upon this steamer, so as to ensure her completion as soon as possible.
– Published in The
Burlington Weekly Hawk-Eye, Burlington, Iowa, Saturday, March 22, 1862, p.
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