. Brave old salt : or, Life on the quarter deck ; a story of the Great Rebellion . was appointed in the place of Mr. Wal»dron, everything was in an advanced stage of progress. The Chatauqua was a screw steam sloop of war, ofthe first class. She carried ten guns, and was aboutfourteen hundred tons burden. Her complement, -of offi->cers and men was about two hundred and fifty, includingforty-two attached to the engineers department. Theship was a two-decker. On the upper or spar deck waaplaced her armament, consisting of two immense pivotguns and eight broadside guns. Below this was the berth
. Brave old salt : or, Life on the quarter deck ; a story of the Great Rebellion . was appointed in the place of Mr. Wal»dron, everything was in an advanced stage of progress. The Chatauqua was a screw steam sloop of war, ofthe first class. She carried ten guns, and was aboutfourteen hundred tons burden. Her complement, -of offi->cers and men was about two hundred and fifty, includingforty-two attached to the engineers department. Theship was a two-decker. On the upper or spar deck waaplaced her armament, consisting of two immense pivotguns and eight broadside guns. Below this was the berth deck, on which all the offi-cers and men ate and slept. The after part was appro-priated to the officers, and the forward part to the former were provided with cabins and state-rooms,while the latter swung their hammocks to the deckbeams over their heads. As most of our readers have probably never seen theinterior of a ship of war, we present on the adjoiningpage a plan of that portion of the vessel occupied bythe officers. The round part is the stern of the ship, ki. iro~oni. 21 21 u LIFE ON THE QUARTER DECK. 89 and the diagram includes a little less than one third ofthe whole length of the vessel. A. The Captains cabin, to which are attached the sixsmall apartments on each side of it. 1. The Companion-way, or stairs, by which the cabinis reached from the deck. 2, 3. Store-rooms. 4. Water-closet. 5. Pantry. 6. 7. State-rooms. B. The Ward-room, in which there is a table, longenough to accommodate the eight officers who occupythis apartment. 8. First Lieutenants state-room. 9. Second 10. Third 11. Fourth 12. Chief Engineers 13. Masters 14. Paymasters 15. Surgeons 16. First Assistant Engineers state-room. 17. Second Assistant Engineers room. C. The Steerage, occupied by Midshipmen and Mas-ters Mates. D. Third Assistant Engineers room. 18. The Armory. 8* 90 BRAVE OLD SALT, OR 19, Ward-room pantry, through which passes themizzen-mast. 20, 20. Berths. 21, 21. Mess store-ro
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