as far as I am a judge, the perfection of a ship of the
line. But in every class you cannot but admire the superiority of the
models and workmanship. The dock-yards in America are small, and not
equal at present to what may eventually be required, but they have land
to add to them if necessary. There certainly is no necessity for such
establishments or such store-houses as we have, as their timber and hemp
are at hand when required; but they ate very deficient both in dry and
wet docks. Properly speaking, they have no great naval depot. This
arises from the jealous feeling existing between the several states. A
bill brought into Congress to expend so many thousand dollars upon the
dock-yard at Boston, in Massachusetts, would be immediately opposed by
the state of New York, and an amendment proposed to transfer the works
intended to their dock-yard at Brooklyn. The other states which possess
dock-yards would also assert their right, and thus they will all fight
for their respective establishments until the bill is lost, and the bone
of contention falls to the ground.

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YHer mainmast from the step to the truckY 278Y
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YMain yard Y 110Y
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YMain-topsail yard Y 82Y
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YMain-top-gallant yard Y 52Y
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YMain-royal yard Y 36Y
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YSize of lower shrouds Y0 11Y
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YDo. of mainstay Y0 19Y
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YDo. of sheet-cable Y0 25Y
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The sheet-anchor, made at Washington, weighs 11,660 pounds

Main-topsail contains 1,531 yards.

The number of yards of canvass for one suit of sails is 18,341, and for
bags, hammocks, boat-sails, awnings, etcetera, 14,624; total 32,965
yards.

The Americans considered that in the Pennsylvania they possessed the
largest vessel in the world, but this is a great mistake; one of the
Sultan's three-deckers is larger. Below are the dimensions of the
Queen, lately launched at Portsmouth

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