The Ship Constitution
| Guns | 54 |
| First cost, dollars | 302,718 |
| Annual expence when in commission, dollars | 100,000 |
| Draft of water, feet | 23 |
The Wasp
| Guns | 18 |
| First cost, dollars | 60,000 |
| Annual expence in commission, dollars | 38,000 |
| Draft of water, feet | 15 |
A Gun Boat
| First cost, fitted for sea, dollars | 12,000 |
| Annual expence in commission, dollars | 11,000 |
| Men | 36 |
| Number of gun boats of the United States | 167 |
This Work having been published in haste, the errors of the press, and those of diction, shall be corrected in the second edition.
(For tables, see [pages 54-55])