USS Annapolis:The Wardroom and The Crews Mess
BACKGROUND USS Annapolis (PG‐10) was the first of four gunboats (Vicksburg, Newport, Princeton) built during the transition period of the maritime world, that is ‐sail to steam, wood to steel. The Annapolis ’ original barkentine rig was of the composite type, typical for the day — steel keel and fra...
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crwiley:10.1111/j.1559-3584.2003.tb00191.x 2024-06-02T08:11:51+00:00 USS Annapolis:The Wardroom and The Crews Mess Maissian, E.D. 2003 http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/j.1559-3584.2003.tb00191.x https://api.wiley.com/onlinelibrary/tdm/v1/articles/10.1111%2Fj.1559-3584.2003.tb00191.x https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/pdf/10.1111/j.1559-3584.2003.tb00191.x en eng Wiley http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/termsAndConditions#vor Naval Engineers Journal volume 115, issue 1, page 97-102 ISSN 0028-1425 1559-3584 journal-article 2003 crwiley https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1559-3584.2003.tb00191.x 2024-05-03T11:30:47Z BACKGROUND USS Annapolis (PG‐10) was the first of four gunboats (Vicksburg, Newport, Princeton) built during the transition period of the maritime world, that is ‐sail to steam, wood to steel. The Annapolis ’ original barkentine rig was of the composite type, typical for the day — steel keel and frames, steel shell plating from main deck to waterline, and wood planking with copper sheathing to the keel. Copper being resistant to barnacles, this method was used, in as much as dry docks were a scarcity in those days. Rear Admiral Phillip Hichborn, chief constructor of the Bureau of Construction and Repair, designed the hull. Rear Admiral George Wallace Melville, chief of the Bureau of Steam Engineering, designed her power plant. He was one of few survivors of the Jeannette expedition through the Bering Straits to the North Pole. Her power plant was a triple expansion reciprocating steam engine, better known as an “Up‐n‐Downer”. Steam was supplied by two watertube boilers at 180 psi. These gunboats were pioneers in the use of watertube boilers. Article in Journal/Newspaper North Pole Wiley Online Library North Pole Psi ENVELOPE(-63.000,-63.000,-64.300,-64.300) Naval Engineers Journal 115 1 97 102 |
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BACKGROUND USS Annapolis (PG‐10) was the first of four gunboats (Vicksburg, Newport, Princeton) built during the transition period of the maritime world, that is ‐sail to steam, wood to steel. The Annapolis ’ original barkentine rig was of the composite type, typical for the day — steel keel and frames, steel shell plating from main deck to waterline, and wood planking with copper sheathing to the keel. Copper being resistant to barnacles, this method was used, in as much as dry docks were a scarcity in those days. Rear Admiral Phillip Hichborn, chief constructor of the Bureau of Construction and Repair, designed the hull. Rear Admiral George Wallace Melville, chief of the Bureau of Steam Engineering, designed her power plant. He was one of few survivors of the Jeannette expedition through the Bering Straits to the North Pole. Her power plant was a triple expansion reciprocating steam engine, better known as an “Up‐n‐Downer”. Steam was supplied by two watertube boilers at 180 psi. These gunboats were pioneers in the use of watertube boilers. |
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