. Book of the Royal blue . she founddifliculty in hauling her anchor; the tugboat Chesapeake went to her aid andthe result was a heavy chain cable wasbrought to the surface. The schoonersanchor was freed and a line made fast tothe chain which was then lowered again,the upper end of the line being attachedto a buoy. detail in an attractive booklet published byCaptain E. V. White of Norfolk, who wasa junior engineer aboard the Merrimacthroughout her career; and during thebattle was acting aid to the Commander,passing along to the engine department bygong and speaking tube, the Commandersorders.
. Book of the Royal blue . she founddifliculty in hauling her anchor; the tugboat Chesapeake went to her aid andthe result was a heavy chain cable wasbrought to the surface. The schoonersanchor was freed and a line made fast tothe chain which was then lowered again,the upper end of the line being attachedto a buoy. detail in an attractive booklet published byCaptain E. V. White of Norfolk, who wasa junior engineer aboard the Merrimacthroughout her career; and during thebattle was acting aid to the Commander,passing along to the engine department bygong and speaking tube, the Commandersorders. He was also of the party whichblew up the Merrimac off Craney Islandon May 11, 1862. The following general facts concerningthe history of the Merrimac, are takenat random from Captain Whites book: The Merrimac, by which name it isgenerally known in history in its engage-ment with the Monitor, was a recon-structed vessel and named Virginia afterits reconstruction. The original U. S. was a steam frigate; her hull. THE ■■MKKK As the chain indicated the possibility ofan anchor or sunken vessel, severalattempts were made to raise it, but withoutsuccess until a derrick barge was broughtinto service. The weight proved to be ananchor and chain weighing about five tons,and much larger than the average anchorof the present day, its flukes having aspread of ten feet from tip to tip. Theshank is fourteen feet long and a foot stock is two feet through in the middleand was originally fourteen feet long, butpart of one of the arms is gone. The stock is of two pieces, shaped in thecenter to fit around the shank betweenshoulders, and the two pieces are heldtogether by stout iron bands. The anchoris now on exhibition at Norfolk. The story of The First Ironclad NavalEngagement in the World is told in was built at Boston, Mass., and her enginesat Cold Springs, N. Y., and she was placedin commission in 1855 with an armament ofsixty guns and 650 men. She was con-sidered to r
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