The other vessels building in the yards are as follows: the steam frigate Franklin, at Portsmouth, New Hampshire; the steam sloops Juniata, Monongahela, and Shenandoah, at Philadelphia; the Lackawanna and Ticonderoga, at New York; and the Ossipee and Sacramento, at Portsmouth, New Hampshire.
There are a large number of contracts out for new gunboats and steamers, which, when completed, will make us the most formidable navy in the world. In conclusion, we will give to the reader the following table, classifying the vessels now in our navy, and giving statistics of their tonnage and the number of guns which they carry:
RECAPITULATION.
| Vessels. | Guns. | Tons. | |
| Ships of the line | 6 | 504 | 16,124 |
| Sailing frigates | 7 | 348 | 14,161 |
| Sailing sloops | 24 | 372 | 21,151 |
| Brigs | 4 | 20 | 999 |
| Transportation ships | 16 | 64 | 11,420 |
| Transportation barks | 16 | 91 | 8,468 |
| Schooners | 8 | 12 | 1,081 |
| Yachts | 2 | — | —— |
| Mortar schooners | 18 | 52 | 4,316 |
| Steam frigates | 9 | 199 | 21,673 |
| Steam sloops | 10 | 161 | 16,205 |
| Steam gunboats | 40 | 200 | 24,783 |
| Auxiliary steam gunboats | 47 | 209 | 23,875 |
| Transport steamers altered to war vessels | 58 | 240 | 36,170 |
| Iron-clad ocean steamers | 4 | 32 | 8,435 |
| Iron-clad river steamers | 11 | 130 | 6,640 |
| Iron-clad rams | 12 | 7 | 3,800 |
| Other vessels not classed | 14 | 9 | 3,788 |
Unfinished Vessels of the Navy.
| Frigates | 1 | 50 | 3,684 |
| Steam sloops | 7 | 68 | 9,669 |
| Steam gunboats | 28 | 184 | 35,160 |
| Iron-clad ocean gunboats | 22 | 58 | 26,955 |
| Iron-clad river gunboats | 12 | 33 | 8,682 |
The total number of vessels of all classes in the navy, is 376, having a tonnage of 307,234 tons, and carrying 3,038 guns of heavy calibre.
With these statistics, compiled from 'official' sources, we conclude this article, and in our next shall take up the subject of naval gunnery in the United States.