12th Congress.]
No. 88.
[1st Session.
VESSELS REPAIRED, AND THE EXPENSES INCURRED, FROM 1st JANUARY, 1802, TO 1st OCTOBER, 1811.
COMMUNICATED TO THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, JANUARY 6, 1812.
Navy Department, January 4, 1812.
Sir:
In obedience to the resolution of the House of Representatives of the 26th ultimo, requiring of the Secretary "to, lay before the House a statement of the vessels belonging to the United States, which have been repaired since the year 1801, specifying the time when such repairs were severally made, and the cost," I have the honor of transmitting to you, herewith, the paper A, which affords the best information in possession of the Department upon the subject.
I have the honor to be, with great respect, sir, your most obedient servant,
PAUL HAMILTON.
Honorable Henry Clay, Speaker of the House of Representatives.
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A. | ||||
A Statement exhibiting the
amount that is charged on the books of this office to the several vessels
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Names of vessels repaired. |
When repaired. |
Where repaired. |
Cost in dollars. |
Total dollars. |
Adams, frigate, |
1st January to 30th September, 1802, |
New York, |
48,520 52 |
|
Ditto, |
1st July, 1804, to 31st August, 1805, |
In ordinary, |
7,091 61 |
55,612 13 |
Argus, brig, |
1804 and 1805, |
Mediterranean, |
7,377 51 |
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Ditto, |
1st March, 1808, to 3d March. 1809, |
Norfolk and New York, |
12,007 67 |
19,385 18 |
Boston, frigate, |
In 1802. |
In ordinary, |
1,042 44 |
|
Ditto, |
In 1803, |
Ditto, |
6,125 57 |
|
Ditto, |
In 1804, |
Ditto, |
1,791 21 |
8,959 22 |
Constitution, frigate, |
1st October, 1802, to 31st March, 1803, |
Boston, |
77,198 19 |
|
Ditto, |
1st April, 1803, to 31st March, 1804, |
Ditto, |
40,713 61 |
|
Ditto, |
In 1805 and 1806, |
Mediterranean, |
84,802 65 |
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Ditto, |
1st February, 1808, to 3d March, 1809, |
New York, |
99,867 76 |
302,582 21 |
Constellation, frigate, |
1st January to 31st December, 1802, |
Philadelphia, |
30,551 76 |
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Ditto, |
In 1803, |
Mediterranean, |
6,954 51 |
|
Ditto, |
In 1804, |
In ordinary, |
8,016 43 |
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Ditto, |
In 1805, |
Mediterranean, |
9,499 96 |
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Ditto, |
In 1806, |
In ordinary, |
1,073 40 |
56,096 06 |
Chesapeake, frigate, |
23d June, 1804, to 31st October, 1805, |
In ordinary, |
20,119 68 |
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Ditto, |
1st November, 1805, to 31st July, 1806, |
Ditto, |
11,850 93 |
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Ditto, |
1st March to 1st September, 1807, |
Ditto, |
5,871 53 |
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Ditto, |
1st May, 1807, to 30th May, 1808, |
Norfolk, |
19,732 02 |
57, 574 16 |
Congress, frigate, |
In 1802, |
In ordinary |
9,121 50 |
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Ditto, |
In 1804, |
Ditto, |
4,316 05 |
|
Ditto, |
In 1805, |
Mediterranean, |
7,032 55 |
|
Ditto, |
In 1807, |
In ordinary, |
525 44 |
20,995 54 |
Essex, frigate, |
1st April to 1st December, 1803, |
In ordinary, |
8,360 75 |
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Ditto, |
1st May, 1807, to 1st November, 1808, |
Ditto, |
27,802 04 |
36,162 79 |
Enterprise, schooner, |
In 1805, |
Mediterranean, |
33,187 60 |
33,187 60 |
Hornet, brig, |
1st Septem, 1805, to 31st Dec. 1806, |
Charleston & New York, |
4,061 37 |
|
Ditto, |
1st January to 31st December, 1808, |
Charleston, |
16,322 14 |
20,383 51 |
John Adams, frigate, |
1st January to 31st December, 1802, |
In ordinary, |
10,970 37 |
|
Ditto, |
1st January to 23d June, 1804, |
Ditto, |
4,886 91 |
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Ditto, |
1st April to 30th June, 1805, |
New York, |
24,803 73 |
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Ditto, |
1st August, 1807, to 30th June, 1808, |
In ordinary, |
9,603 43 |
50,264 44 |
New York, frigate, |
1st January to 31st December, 1802, |
In ordinary, |
5,668 59 |
|
Ditto, |
In 1803, |
Mediterranean, |
5,087 51 |
10,756 10 |
Nautilus, schooner, |
In 1804 and 1805, |
Mediterranean, |
11,223 29 |
11,223 29 |
President, frigate, |
1st July, 1803, to 31st Decem., 1804; |
In ordinary, |
8,765 09 |
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Ditto, |
1st June to 31st December, 1804, |
Norfolk, |
3,879 95 |
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Ditto, |
In 1805 and 1806, |
Mediterranean, |
8,836 63 |
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Ditto, |
1st November, 1807, to 3lst Oct. 1808, |
In ordinary, |
3,977 53 |
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Ditto, |
1st Novem. 1808, to 3d March, 1809, |
Ditto, |
6,460 82 |
31,920 02 |
Syren, brig, |
In 1805 and 1806, |
Mediterranean, |
15,577 72 |
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Ditto, |
14th Nov. 1808, to 3d March, 1809, |
In ordinary, |
1,633 11 |
17,210 83 |
United States, frigate, |
1st January to 31st December, 1802, |
In ordinary, |
2,564 78 |
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Ditto, |
1st February to 31st December, 1804, |
Ditto, |
1,374 22 |
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Ditto, |
1st Feb. 1806, to 31st March, 1807, |
Ditto, |
27,771 59 |
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Ditto, |
1st April, 1807, to 31st March, 1808, |
Ditto, |
11,961 03 |
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Ditto, |
1st April, 1808, to 3d March, 1809, |
Ditto, |
3,252 52 |
46,924 14 |
Vixen, brig, |
In 1805 and 1806, |
Mediterranean, |
11,976 56 |
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Ditto, |
15th Nov. 1808, to 3d March, 1809, |
In ordinary, |
2,579 30 |
14,555 86 |
793,793 08 |
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Vessels in ordinary, names not mentioned, |
1st January to 31st December, 1804, |
9,983 83 |
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1st January to 30th September, 1805, |
30,161 08 |
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1st October, 1805, to 30th Sept. 1806, |
20,311 68 |
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1st January to 31st July, 1807, |
4,840 80 |
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1st July to 30th September, 1808, |
1,591 43 |
66,888 82 |
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Vessels, generally, |
4th March to 30th September, 1809, |
500,131 07 |
860,681 90 |
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1st October, 1809, to 30th Sept. 1810, |
421,371 85 |
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1st October, 1810, to 30th Sept. 1811, |
432,028 07 |
1,353,530 99 |
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2,214,212 89 |
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NOTE TO THE PRECEDING STATEMENT.
Although the above is a correct account of the respective sums charged to the several vessels for the periods stated, it is not to be understood as an accurate statement of the whole amount expended on the several vessels repaired at Washington: for it has been the practice, from time to time, to purchase materials for general repairs, which were charged, previous to the 4th of March, 1809, under the general head of contingencies; and of their application, or of the amount used on the respective vessels, no account was ever rendered to this office, nor is it believed that any correct account has been kept by the officers of the yard.
Since the 4th of March, 1809, in pursuance of instructions from the Comptroller of the Treasury, emanating from the provisions of the act of Congress, entitled "An act further to amend the several acts for the establishment and regulation of the Treasury, War, and Navy Departments," all repairs have been charged under the general head of "repairs of vessels," without any subordinate account or designation as to vessels, and of course it would be impossible to furnish any account from this office that would afford any thing like a correct view of the sums expended in repairs on the respective vessels.
Navy Department, Accountant's Office, January 3, 1812.
THOMAS. TURNER, Accountant,