Wikipedia:Featured article candidates/USS Varuna (1861)/archive1

====RoySmith====

====RoySmith====

*[[:File:The Splendid Naval Triumph on the Mississippi, April 24th, 1862- Destruction of the Rebel Gunboats, Rams, and Iron Clad Batteries by the Union Fleet under Flag Officer Farragut MET DP831355.jpg]] should be included in the article.

*[[:File:The Splendid Naval Triumph on the Mississippi, April 24th, 1862- Destruction of the Rebel Gunboats, Rams, and Iron Clad Batteries by the Union Fleet under Flag Officer Farragut MET DP831355.jpg]] should be included in the article.

** This has been added. [[User:Hog Farm|Hog Farm]] _{''[[User talk:Hog Farm|Talk]]''} 18:05, 4 July 2025 (UTC)

*There's lots of other PD images at https://www.ibiblio.org/hyperwar/OnlineLibrary/photos/sh-usn/usnsh-v/varuna.htm. Presumably some of them would be useful to add.

*There's lots of other PD images at https://www.ibiblio.org/hyperwar/OnlineLibrary/photos/sh-usn/usnsh-v/varuna.htm. Presumably some of them would be useful to add.

** After the introduction of the image above, I don't believe there is functionally room for any additional images; there's now the infobox image of ''Varuna'', the image of ''Varuna'' being rammed, the Currier & Ives print of the naval battle, and the map of movements during the battle (which was added as the result of a request for a map during the MILHIST A-Class review). [[User:Hog Farm|Hog Farm]] _{''[[User talk:Hog Farm|Talk]]''} 18:05, 4 July 2025 (UTC)

*This seems to be lacking a lot of basic details of her construction. Was the hull wood, iron, or steel? All you tell us about the engine is that it was steam. How many horsepower? Simple or compound expansion? Who manufactured the engine, the boilers, the propeller? How many blades? What fuel did it burn? How many crew/officers? Top speed? Draft?

*This seems to be lacking a lot of basic details of her construction. Was the hull wood, iron, or steel? All you tell us about the engine is that it was steam. How many horsepower? Simple or compound expansion? Who manufactured the engine, the boilers, the propeller? How many blades? What fuel did it burn? How many crew/officers? Top speed? Draft?

** Crew size is already mentioned in the article. The sources provide a measurement in depth of hold rather than draft, as would be standard for a merchant ship of the time, which is what ''Varuna'' was intended to be. I have not found any details about the engines in reliable sources; the US Navy simply didn't keep that sort of records for the early war "churn-and-burn" type ships that it acquired. My impression based on the sinking accounts is that it had a wooden hull; I will look for confirmation of that. I'll take a look to see if I can find anything specific for fuel, although ships of the time would often burn anything flammable that could be chucked into the furnaces (such as the pork mentioned in the article). [[User:Hog Farm|Hog Farm]] _{''[[User talk:Hog Farm|Talk]]''} 17:52, 4 July 2025 (UTC)

** Crew size is already mentioned in the article. The sources provide a measurement in depth of hold rather than draft, as would be standard for a merchant ship of the time, which is what ''Varuna'' was intended to be. I have not found any details about the engines in reliable sources; the US Navy simply didn't keep that sort of records for the early war "churn-and-burn" type ships that it acquired. My impression based on the sinking accounts is that it had a wooden hull; I will look for confirmation of that. I'll take a look to see if I can find anything specific for fuel, although ships of the time would often burn anything flammable that could be chucked into the furnaces (such as the pork mentioned in the article). [[User:Hog Farm|Hog Farm]] _{''[[User talk:Hog Farm|Talk]]''} 17:52, 4 July 2025 (UTC)