It affords me much satisfaction to say that it was produced by no carelessness or inattention on the part of the officers and crew of the Princeton, but must be set down as one of those casualties which to a greater or less degree attend upon every service.
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The urgent demands of the service for the Gulf of Mexico and the substitution of iron for wood in the construction of ships plainly point to the establishment of a navy-yard at some suitable place on the Mississippi.
The restrictions laid upon the power to transfer by the latter clauses of the act have rendered its passage of no avail at the present moment.
In compliance with your resolution of the 26th ultimo, I herewith transmit a report from the Secretary of the Navy.
I will also add that it in no measure detracts from the value of the improvement contemplated in the construction of the Princeton or from the merits of her brave and distinguished commander and projector.
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