. Monthly nautical magazine, and quarterly review . We also give a perspective viewof the Santa Anna at sea, and for ^particulars of performancewould refer to page 176. These vessels may be classed as aux-iliary screw ships ; and, as will be seen, work equally well assteamers or sailers ; and for their size, are fully equal to any othersunder sail and steam united. Their symmetry of model doescredit to Mr. Westervelts skill and taste. These are not the first or only vessels of war which havebeen ordered by foreign governments at the hands of Americanbuilders. For several years past it has been
. Monthly nautical magazine, and quarterly review . We also give a perspective viewof the Santa Anna at sea, and for ^particulars of performancewould refer to page 176. These vessels may be classed as aux-iliary screw ships ; and, as will be seen, work equally well assteamers or sailers ; and for their size, are fully equal to any othersunder sail and steam united. Their symmetry of model doescredit to Mr. Westervelts skill and taste. These are not the first or only vessels of war which havebeen ordered by foreign governments at the hands of Americanbuilders. For several years past it has been no uncommonthing for New-York mechanics to fit out armed vessels for for-eign powers ; and some of the finest on the seas, among thefleets of secondary nations, have been launched from the privateyards in the United -States. Instead of maintaining expensivenaval establishments at home, to which it would be fruitless toendeavor to attract genius and skill, under the ordinary system-of rigid discipline, monotonous routine, and the dictation of su-. 246 The Monthly Nautical Magazine. periors, (as if any could be superior to the Naval Architect,)practised universally in the dock-yards of Naval powers, thesegovernments have wisely turned to American markets, either tobuild or buy, assured that our mechanics can furnish not onlythe best, but the cheapest, in the line of nautical mechanism. It only requires the freedom and development of commercialinstincts, among maritime nations, to render the United Statesthe worlds ship-yard, and the central state of commerce, sur-rounded by belts of traffic, binding the shoulders of the old worldto the wheels of the new. SCANTLING OF HULL. The keel is sided 12 inches, and moulded 15 inches. The timbering-room is 24 inches. The frame is entirely of live oak up to the rail—sidedfrom 10 at the keel to 8 inches at the rail—and moulded 13 inches at thegarboard, (10 inches at the bilge.) and 7 inches at the rail. The kelsons ofoak are sided 12 and
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