StNicholas [serial] . ney to some distantyard, which would be necessary to see the vesselitself. The fleet at present consists of the first-ratebattle-ships Iowa and Massachusetts (of whichthe Oregon and Indiana are duplicates) andIllinois, the Maine and Texas, and the Co-lumbia, a protected cruiser; the second-ratevessels Baltimore, Newark, Charleston and 28 OUR MINIATURE NAVY. Atlanta, Monterey and Miantonomoh;the third-rate, Katahdin, harbor-defense ram; Yorktown, gunboat; Helena and Nash-ville, light-draught gunboats; and the An-napolis and Wheeling. The Vesuvius,dynamite-gun vessel, is cl
StNicholas [serial] . ney to some distantyard, which would be necessary to see the vesselitself. The fleet at present consists of the first-ratebattle-ships Iowa and Massachusetts (of whichthe Oregon and Indiana are duplicates) andIllinois, the Maine and Texas, and the Co-lumbia, a protected cruiser; the second-ratevessels Baltimore, Newark, Charleston and 28 OUR MINIATURE NAVY. Atlanta, Monterey and Miantonomoh;the third-rate, Katahdin, harbor-defense ram; Yorktown, gunboat; Helena and Nash-ville, light-draught gunboats; and the An-napolis and Wheeling. The Vesuvius,dynamite-gun vessel, is classed as a fourth-rater, as also are the gunboats Petrel and Bancroft. The old steam-frigate Kear- same fighting class with the little Americansquadron. Admiral Hichborns sound Yankeejudgment as to that which is shipshape andproper prevented him from allowing such landlubberly treatment of his mimic fighters,and he finds much pleasure in making com-parisons with foreign fleets. The recent Navy Personnel Bill conferred. THE OREGON. sarge completes the Junior Fleet, to which hasbeen recently added the Olympia. The new Kentucky is now under construction at theyard. The Brooklyns keel will next be laiddown. Aside from our own Miniature Navy, probablythe best is that belonging to France; but as thevessels of the latter have gold-plated anchorsand chains, they are very evidently not in the upon the Chief of the Bureau of Constructionand Repair the title of Admiral, and AdmiralHichborn is placed on an equal footing withthe chief constructors of other nations. It isnot to be wondered at that his heart is with hislittle boats, for they are ever under his com-mand ; while the monsters, like grown-up chil-dren, leave him, only to return when some ad-verse happening drives them home for repairs.
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