NAVY.
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2. Navy.
The naval forces of the United States consisted on March 4, 1870, of 46 iron-clads, 97 steamers, and 32 sailing vessels, with a total of 1,366 guns. The whole force, 'effective for immediate service,' was 43 vessels, mounting 356 guns. (Communication of the national government to the Statesman's Year-book.)
There are four 'rates' in the official classification of ships of war. First-rates are all vessels of 2,400 tons and upwards ; Second-rates, vessels of 1,200 to 2,400; Third-rates, vessels of 600 to 1,200; and Fourth-rates, vessels under 600 tons. The following table gives a list, in alphabetical order of name, of all the First, Second, and Third-rate steamers of the fleet, and of such Fourth-rates as are iron-clad. The list is drawn up from the ' Navy-register of the United States,' issued by the Secretary of the Navy, corrected to July 1, 1870.
Name
Rate
Class
Guns S
Tonnage
Ajax ....
Fourth
Iron-clad
2
550
Alaska
Third
Screw
12
1,222
Albany
Second
Screw
15
2,000
Algoma .
Fourth
Iron-clad
2
483
Amphitrite
Third
Iron-clad
4
874
Antietam .
Second
Screw
21
2,490
Benicia
Third
Screw
12
1,222
Brooklyn .
Second
Screw
20
2,000
California
Second
Screw
21
2,490
Camanelie
Fourth
Iron-clad
2
496
Canandaigua
Third
Screw
10
955
Canonicus
Fourth
Iron-clad
2
550
Catskill .
Fourth
Iron-clad
2
496
Chattanooga
Second
Screw
23
2,020
Chickasaw
Fourth
Iron-clad
4
540
Cohoes
Fourth -
Iron-clad
2
483
Colorado .
First
Screw
45
3,032
Colossus .
Second
Iron-clad
10
2,127
Congress .
Second
Screw
16
2,000
Connecticut
Second
Screw
17
2,869
Delaware .
Second
Screw
21
2,490
Dictator .
Third
Iron-clad
2
1,750
Etlah
Fourth
Iron-clad
2
483
Florida .
Second
Screw
21
2,135
Franklin .
First
Screw
39
3,173
Guerriere.
Second
Screw
21
2,490
Hartford .
Second
Screw
18
2,000
Hero
Fourth
Iron-clad
1
483
Illinois
Second
Screw
21
2,490
Iowa
Second
Screw
23
2,019
