Thursday, July 26, 2012

Two More Iron Cased Steamers


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. 1

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