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Southland Times, Volume I, Issue 34, 6 March 1863, Page 3

A Federal Iron-clad Batteby. The iVhitnev battery Kenkuk has been launched at Jew York. This vessel has s^in. of wood on her leeks, but the beams and other portions of her raft are metal. Her shape is represented as pecuiar. She has been compared to several things— oan egg and to half an orange. The theory on finch she is built is that a comparatively light irmour is as effective, when put on in a certain ?ay, as a much heavier one, oa the general plan, 'nstead of presenting an almost even side to a shot, Kenkuk's armor slants all round, so that profiles can hardly strike her " squarely" in any me place. It is believed that they will glance and ly off. There are two turrets on tne vessel, which ilso present a sloping surface, being wider at the iottom than the top. Large openings can he coneniently and expeditiouslr made at the lower part f these turrets, through* which pure air can be Emitted, and foul air expelled when desirable. Sach turret has one 11 -inch gun. A ram, five feet ong and very strongly built, protrudes from her >o*r. "jPfae vessel is moved by two engines of 500 torse power, and two propellers, which enable her omove backwards and forwards at the option of be " skipper." There are two bulkheads, one forward and one aft, which can be filled with water in ifteen minutes, to settle the hull in the water fhile fighting. These bulkheads can be emptied n forty minutes. The length of the vessel, in■luding ram, is 159 feet 6 inches; the probable ''aught of water 13 feet 6 inches. She could not « moved off the stocks without the aid of a etoamloat.— Wetkly Diyatth,