Here we were just, as it turned out, a little over six months from the Civil War, and there obviously were no major preparations for war on the part of the US Navy.
This was evidently a Navy report, perhaps to the Secretary of the Navy, Isaac Toucey who held the position from March 7, 1857 to March 4, 1861.
PHILADELPHIA NAVY YARD
$15,000 funded.
Corvettes JAMESTOWN and SARATOGA. Four hundred men working at the yard.
ST. LAWRENCE, the flagship of the Brazil Squadron and streamer PRINCETON there as well.
NORFOLK NAVY YARD
$69,000 funded, the most of any yard.
The RICHMOND, PENSACOLA and GERMANTOWN afford work for a fair-sized force.
The steamer MERRIMACK and line-of-battle-ships COLUMBUS, NEW YORK (not Launched), PENNSYLVANIA, DELAWARE were all in ordinary. (I'm figuring that means drydock.)
Also frigates RARITAN and COLUMBIA in port.
More to Come. --Old B-Runner
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