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a free account. UNITED STATES SHIP PRINCETON, SIR : The United
States ship Princeton having received her armament on board, and
being nearly ready for sea, I have the honour to transmit to you
the following account of her equipment, &c. The Princeton is a
full-rigged ship, of great speed and power, able to perform any
service that can be expected from a ship-of-war. Constructed
upon the most approved principles of naval architecture, she is
believed to be at least equal to any ship of her class, with her
sails. She has an auxiliary power of steam, and can make greater
speed than any sea-going steamer or other vessel heretofore
built. Her engines lie snug in the bottom of the vessel, out of
reach of an enemy's shot, and do not at all interfere with the
use of the sails, but can at any time be made auxiliary thereto.
She shows no chimney and makes no smoke, and there is nothing in
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