Excerpt from Military Order of the Loyal Legion of the United States: Commandery of the District of Columbia In the autumn of 1862 the United States steam gunboat Miami, after having done picket duty on the James river, was ordered from Hampton Roads to the Sounds of North Carolina. The M iami had been built somewhat hastily at the Navy Yard, Philadelphia, and was, I believe, the first to be launched of a class of double - enders, so called. She was a large paddle-wheel steamer, Witha long flush deck, and furnished ...
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Excerpt from Military Order of the Loyal Legion of the United States: Commandery of the District of Columbia In the autumn of 1862 the United States steam gunboat Miami, after having done picket duty on the James river, was ordered from Hampton Roads to the Sounds of North Carolina. The M iami had been built somewhat hastily at the Navy Yard, Philadelphia, and was, I believe, the first to be launched of a class of double - enders, so called. She was a large paddle-wheel steamer, Witha long flush deck, and furnished with steering gear and a rudder at the bow as well as stern, so that she would run forward or backward, an important ad vantage in river service, for which this class of light-draught vessels was designed. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at ... This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.
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