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Memphis Daily Appeal
Memphis, Shelby County, Tennessee
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The U.S. Navy Department invites proposals until the 30th instant for building one or more gunboats with turrets for Mississippi and Gulf service, based on Ericsson battery design. Urges vigilance against enemy preparations to control the Mississippi River.
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The New York Herald of the 17th contains the following dispatch from Washington:
The navy department has invited propositions, by mail or telegraph, to the 30th inst, at noon, with general specifications and plans, for the construction of one or more gunboats, for the Mississippi and gulf service, with two turrets, on the plan of the Ericsson battery, for 11-inch guns; thickness of the iron plates to be eight inches; the sides to be plated with iron of three inches in thickness, in one or two layers, to extend two and a half feet below the load line. The vessels not to be less than 220 feet in length and 56 feet in breadth, and not to draw over six feet of water when loaded and ready for service; to be propelled by screws, to insure a speed of nine knots or sea miles, through the water per hour, and state time and price.
It is one of the first duties of our commanders in the West to keep posted upon the formidable preparations being made by the enemy to reduce our fortifications on the Mississippi. Their efforts to accomplish this end are vigorous and determined, and our resistance must be of a similar character. Unless we bestir ourselves in this work, the enemy will have complete control of this great "inland sea" from its mouth to its source in less than sixty days.
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The navy department has invited propositions, by mail or telegraph, to the 30th inst, at noon, with general specifications and plans, for the construction of one or more gunboats, for the Mississippi and gulf service, with two turrets, on the plan of the Ericsson battery, for 11-inch guns; thickness of the iron plates to be eight inches; the sides to be plated with iron of three inches in thickness, in one or two layers, to extend two and a half feet below the load line. The vessels not to be less than 220 feet in length and 56 feet in breadth, and not to draw over six feet of water when loaded and ready for service; to be propelled by screws, to insure a speed of nine knots or sea miles, through the water per hour, and state time and price. It is one of the first duties of our commanders in the West to keep posted upon the formidable preparations being made by the enemy to reduce our fortifications on the Mississippi. Their efforts to accomplish this end are vigorous and determined, and our resistance must be of a similar character. Unless we bestir ourselves in this work, the enemy will have complete control of this great "inland sea" from its mouth to its source in less than sixty days.