Mem.

Sloops of War	}	Siren	}	at Washington.	}	could all be prepared for sea by the time their officers would join them.
		Argus
		Vixen
Schooner		Nautilus
Ketch		Spitfire	}	at Norfolk
Gunboats No. 1. 4. 5. 10
Ketch Vengeance			}	at New York
Gunboats No. 6. 8.
Gunboats No. 2. 3. 9.			at Charleston.
Ketches	Etna		}	now at New Orleans
"	Vesuvius			and fit for service, —&
Gunboats No. 11. 12. 13. 14				it may be expected

that early in the Spring there will arrive at Neworleans from the Western Country 6 other gunboats—and shortly after them 8 other gunboats—