Our navy in time of war (1861-1898) . adside from the Iroquois killed linger and sentthe McBae down to the forts for protection. Mean-while the Moore was overhauling the Yaruna, Ken-non having used oil on his fires to get up more steamand additional speed. Shot after shot from the Ya-runa kept piercing the Moore, Init still that vessel heldon. Finally Kennon, in his effort to cripple theYaruna, fired his bow gun through the deck of his ownvessel in order to make a porthole for a second shot did some damage, but just at that time thecommander of the Yarnna turned his vessel broadside,
Our navy in time of war (1861-1898) . adside from the Iroquois killed linger and sentthe McBae down to the forts for protection. Mean-while the Moore was overhauling the Yaruna, Ken-non having used oil on his fires to get up more steamand additional speed. Shot after shot from the Ya-runa kept piercing the Moore, Init still that vessel heldon. Finally Kennon, in his effort to cripple theYaruna, fired his bow gun through the deck of his ownvessel in order to make a porthole for a second shot did some damage, but just at that time thecommander of the Yarnna turned his vessel broadside,and tlie ]\[oore rammed the Yaruna twice. TheYaruna, however, had practically shot the Moore to])ieces. Fifty-seven of the crew of the Southern boathad l)een killed, and she drifted ashore and burnedthere. AVhen the Yarnna had shaken off the INToore,she Avas rammed on the other side by a Southernram called the Stonewall Jackson. The Yarunawas now sinking fast, and her commander ran heron the river l)ank^ where she sank^ her crew fir-. Q4: OUR NAVY IN TIME OF WAR. iiig her guns until the water nearly covered thecannon. All the I^orthern vessels had an exciting time,but probahly the Brooklyn suffered the most. Thatvessel found it difficult to pass through the barrier oflogs below the forts, having missed the way in thesmoke. At one time Captain Craven, her com-mander, thought that he would have to anchor be-tween the forts and be shot to pieces there. He wasdetermined not to go back. His vessels engines,which had stopped, began to work again, however, andthe ship passed on. The Brooklyn w^as right behindthe Hartford, and when Craven saw Farraguts vesselaground, he stopped to help out Farragut by shootingat the forts. He passed within one hundred feet ofFort St. Philip, and the flashes from the Southerncannon scorched the faces of the gunners on theBrooklyn. Then the Brooklyn exchanged broad-sides with the floating battery Louisiana, but wasdamaged little. The floating battery did
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