Seattle daily post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, W.T. [Wash.]) 1881-1888, 1885-10-03
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WAsHIsoTsS. Ocs. 2-The report o.
the special board Of naval sEesrs
created by Secretary whitney TO c-n-
sscsr plans for the construction Of the
additional unarDored vessels author
izsd By Congress 90 March RI. 1855. il
made public today. For the too cruis-
ers Of not less than 500 or mora than
900 tons dsplaseinsit. costing excla-
slve OF armament, no: more than 81
e-D, 60, tie board recommends one twin
screw protected steam cruiser; length
80 feet, beam ~ feet. dra1sls ~ feet,
speed Is knsts per holr. with a main
battery Of two inch, aud eight s inca
oreech loading rlfed cannon mounted
on pivoted carriages smiiships, and a
secondary battery of eight Hstchkiss
canuon. Two gailings and q complete
torpedo outfit, With space for so tons
OF cssl and provisions for 800 men for
20 dsya The ria 10 that OF a brig With
o1t head boons. to carry 1890 square
feet Of canvas. Its engines are not to
exceed $50 tons IN weight, aud must de-
velop 60 horse power for four hours.
The second vessel OF this size is 10 be
precisely similar, except thai the main
battery will coGsfs; Of twelve siI inch
guns mounted on she open deck on cen
trail pivot carriages, and bark rig,
spreading about l2,o0o square feet Of
plain sail.
For the heaviiy-arm gunboat OF
about 1870 tons displacement, costing.
exclusive Of armament, not more than
500, coo. the report recommends steel
tsin-serew vessel, length go feet, beam
36 feet, draush. IA feet. speed l6 knots
per hour. With msiu battery OF six
6-irch. breech- loading. rifed g1ns and
q secondary battery Of ssyen Hotoh-
kiss cannon, o1e gatllnR spd a com
plete torpedo OUTFIT rig to be that Of a
three- masted, fore topsAil schooner.
With q sail area OF Goo square feet a
ram bow, and engines of 300 horse
power to carry 400 tons of coal and
provisions for lJO men for 30 days
For the light gunboat of about 500
| tons displacement, costing, exclusive Of
armamsnt, not more than f275,UU. the
repor; recommends a single screw, som
posits gun vessel, Of q length Of les
feet, beam 81 fest, draneht Ii feet
| inches, spsed IL knots, With a main
battery Of four inch, breech loading,
high ps~er, rihed Runs and q second
ary battery of i've Hotonkiss cannon,
and one gatlinR bsrkentiue rig, with
800 feet of canvas; engine of 100
horse power capacity for 100 tons of
coal and provisions for 100 men for 81
days ---~
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