U. S. SHIP DELAWARE
1833
The Spectator, New York,
New York, 12 August 1833 : GenealogyBank.com
The U. S. Ship Delaware, of
74 guns, Captain Ballard, was towed from the offering on Saturday
by steamer tugs Rufus King
and Hercules and anchored in the North River at a quarter past one
o'clock.
Sailors on the U. S.
Frigate St. Louis, in uniform, welcomed her arrival with three
musical cheers,
which were returned by the
tars on board the Delaware.
Soon after anchoring a
salute was fired from the deck of the noble Delaware and hundreds of
well
wishers assembled on the
Battery and the Castle Garden were pleased by this exhibition.
All that has been
heretofore said about the difficulty of heavy ships of war entering
this port , and
the want of a sufficient
depth of water on the outer bar, prove to be fictitious as we
point out below.
The Delaware drawing 25
feet and 8 inches of water, came over the bar on Saturday when the
tide was at one third of elevation , and when there was a heavy sea
swell.
The ship log was constantly
thrown and the shoalest part of the bar at this tide was 29 feet of
water
leaving more than four feet
of water from the bottom keel to the top of the bar.
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