United States Navy Shipbuilding Costs 1811

United States Navy: Shipbuilding Costs 1811

Estimate of the expense of building & completely equipping for actual service vessels of war of various rates and annual expense of each.

Rate	Expense of Building. (In dollars)		Annual Expense of Each. (In dollars)*
Rate	$ per Gun	Dollars (Total)	Annual Expense of Each. (In dollars)*
74	4,500	333,000	211,784
60	4,500	270,000	140,000
50	4,500	225,000	115,214
44	4,500	198,000	110,000
36	4,500	162,000	102,000
32	4,000	128,000	82,000
20	3,500	70,000	50,202

Source: The Naval War of 1812: A Documentary History. Vol. 1. Ed. by William S. Dudley. Washington, DC: Naval Historical Center, 1985.