Chapter 23

_Screw Steamer, 2d class._ ----------------+-----+--------------------------- Name. |Rate.| Where | When | | built. | built. ----------------+-----+-------------------+------- San Jacinto, | 13 | New-York, | 1850 ----------------+-----+-------------------+-------

_Screw Steamers, 3d class._ ----------------+-----+--------------------------- Name. |Rate.| Where | When | | built. | built. ----------------+-----+-------------------+------- Massachusetts, | 9 | Transferred from | | | War Dep't. | Princeton, | 10 | Rebuilt, Norfolk, | 1851 ----------------+-----+-------------------+-------

_Side-wheel Steamers, 1st class._ ----------------+-----+--------------------------- Name. |Rate.| Where | When | | built. | built. ----------------+-----+-------------------+------- Mississippi, | 10 | Philadelphia, | 1841 Susquehanna, | 15 | Philadelphia, | 1850 Powhatan, | 9 | Norfolk, | 1850 ----------------+-----+-------------------+-------

_Side-wheel Steamer, 2d class._ ----------------+-----+--------------------------- Name. |Rate.| Where | When | | built. | built. ----------------+-----+-------------------+------- Saranac, | 6 | Portsmouth, N. H. | 1848 ----------------+-----+-------------------+-------

_Side-wheel Steamers, 3d class._ ----------------+-----+--------------------------- Name. |Rate.| Where | When | | built. | built. ----------------+-----+-------------------+------- Michigan, | 1 | Erie, Pa., | 1844 Fulton, | 5 | New-York, | 1837 Alleghany, | 10 | Pittsburgh, Pa., | 1847 Water Witch, | 2 | Washington, | 1845 John Hancock, | 2 | Boston, | 1850 ----------------+-----+-------------------+-------

STEAM TENDERS. ----------------+-----+--------------------------- Name. |Rate.| Where | When | | built. | built. ----------------+-----+-------------------+------- Despatch, | | Purchased, | 1855 Engineer | | Purchased, | Arctic, | | Purchased, | 1855 ----------------+-----+-------------------+-------

STORE-SHIPS. ----------------+-----+--------------------------- Name. |Rate.| Where | When | | built. | built. ----------------+-----+-------------------+------- Relief, | 6 | Philadelphia, | 1836 Supply, | 4 | Purchased, | 1846 Warren, | | Boston, | 1826 Fredonia, | 4 | Purchased, | 1846 Release, | 2 | Purchased, | 1855 ----------------+-----+-------------------+-------

The United States Navy has 64 Captains, 96 Commanders, 311 Lieutenants, 69 Surgeons, 43 Passed Assistant Surgeons, 37 Assistant Surgeons, 64 Pursers, 24 Chaplains, 12 Mathematicians, 24 Masters, 24 Passed Midshipmen, 30 Midshipmen, and 145 Probationary Midshipmen and Students.--_Taken from the Navy Register of 1857._

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