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
of the Navy of the United Stales, for repairs from the 1st of January,
1802, to the 3d of March, 1809;
and the aggregate amount expended in repairs from the 4th of March, 1809, to the 1st of October, 1811.

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

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

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

Ditto,

In 1803,

Mediterranean,

6,954 51

Ditto,

In 1804,

In ordinary,

8,016 43

Ditto,

In 1805,

Mediterranean,

9,499 96

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

Ditto,

1st November, 1805, to 31st July, 1806,

Ditto,

11,850 93

Ditto,

1st March to 1st September, 1807,

Ditto,

5,871 53

Ditto,

1st May, 1807, to 30th May, 1808,

Norfolk,

19,732 02

57, 574 16

Congress, frigate,

In 1802,

In ordinary

9,121 50

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

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

Ditto,

1st April to 30th June, 1805,

New York,

24,803 73

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

Ditto,

1st June to 31st December, 1804,

Norfolk,

3,879 95

Ditto,

In 1805 and 1806,

Mediterranean,

8,836 63

Ditto,

1st November, 1807, to 3lst Oct. 1808,

In ordinary,

3,977 53

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

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

Ditto,

1st February to 31st December, 1804,

Ditto,

1,374 22

Ditto,

1st Feb. 1806, to 31st March, 1807,

Ditto,

27,771 59

Ditto,

1st April, 1807, to 31st March, 1808,

Ditto,

11,961 03

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

Ditto,

15th Nov. 1808, to 3d March, 1809,

In ordinary,

2,579 30

14,555 86

793,793 08

Vessels in ordinary,

names not mentioned,

1st January to 31st December, 1804,

9,983 83

1st January to 30th September, 1805,

30,161 08

1st October, 1805, to 30th Sept. 1806,

20,311 68

1st January to 31st July, 1807,

4,840 80

1st July to 30th September, 1808,

1,591 43

66,888 82

Vessels, generally,

4th March to 30th September, 1809,

500,131 07

860,681 90

1st October, 1809, to 30th Sept. 1810,

421,371 85

1st October, 1810, to 30th Sept. 1811,

432,028 07

1,353,530 99

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,