Wooden Vessel

Is one in which all the principal portions of the hull i such as keel, stem, stern-post, frames, beams, inside-and outside-planking, j consist of wood. The most durable are those built of hard wood as teak, oak, etc., properly! fastened with copper or yellow-metal bolts, and hard wood treenails. — Those built of soft wood fastened with iron bolts, and soft wood treenails, aie much le durable than the former. Wooden ve els consist mostly of sailing ships, and are now rarely used as seagoing steamers. These ve els have either one, two, or three decks; seldom having four decks, or a spardeck; and sail under many different kinds of rig. The bottoms of wooden ve els engaged on long voyages are generally sheathed with yellow-metal (sometimes, but rarely with zinc); but such covering gives no extra strength or safety to the ship, being chiefly a preventive against the bottom getting fouled and worm-eaten.