These sleek, fast, shallow-draft Centerboard Schooners will give our enemies fits, Ryan. No longer will they be able to sneak out of Key West with loads of contraband cotton!
And, my good fellow, rest assured the new ships shall be far from unarmed. Every man jack and lesbian of the crew shall be equipped with a brace of Colt Navy Pistols and a razor-sharp cutlass. As for cannon, no more muzzle-loading bronze dinosaurs, for our Navy! No Sirree Bob! Each shall have cast-steel Dahlgren and Parrot breech-loaders throwing a fearsome weight of broadside.
Why very soon, our Navy shall have more ships than admirals!
They are also easily convertible to some other purpose.
LOL! Awesome!